I mean, even if I had gone to the store for the specific purpose of buying my kid a new bear, and this Corduroy bear was really exactly what my kid wanted, I know I would second-guess myself for at least a minute about spending my hard-earned money on a bear that appears to be used versus buying a new one. Then we think about this whole button issue for a second. So, though this mother is coming off as sort of the enemy here, we all know she doesn’t deserve it at all. Maybe we just can’t afford this bear, ok? Get off our case! Even further, we don’t know that this Corduroy bear isn’t being sold at way too high a price. I mean, let’s be real, as parents we are onto this story, and it doesn’t seem genuine.

But we don’t really know the background story here, and how many times have we heard kids tell their mothers that they have been waiting forever for some specific toy?Īnd how do we know that all that other money spent earlier that day wasn’t also spent on the daughter? Corduroy could just be one more thing that Lisa is requesting in a long line of new toys. Now initially, we're thinking that the mother is being a little bit cruel. He’s lost the button to one of his shoulder straps.” “I’ve spent too much already,” the mother says, and continues, “Besides, he doesn’t look new. The reason that Corduroy goes off looking for his button is because the mother of a child who notices him in the store won’t allow her daughter Lisa to buy the bear. On his search, he discovers all of the cool things that department stores have to offer, from escalators to big comfy beds. Inspiration The Real Hero of the 'Corduroy' Book Is the Motherĭon Freeman’s classic children’s story, “ Corduroy” tells the tale of a stuffed bear who travels through a giant mall on the lookout for the button that has gone missing from his green overalls.

Corduroy bear and book