Corduroy (Lap Edition) Book

Corduroy, the world's sweetest felon, is the star of two books about breaking and entering. In his debut here, he rambles Mixed-Up Filesianly through a department store at night, breaking shit.


dude let's trash this place

In the sequel, Cor2roy, he hides out in a laundromat after a confusing encounter with a beret-wearing artist who talks like a hillbilly. Once again he leaves the place trashed.


something something watch the world burn

He's caught both times - the first time by a cop, the second time because he traps himself in a laundry basket and falls asleep, nice work Cheech. And why doesn't he end up in jail? Because look at him, all innocent-looking with one strap undone:


Who Wore It Better?

He gets away with all of it.

Anyway this was my kid's favorite book when he was two, and we read it many times. He's over it now; he's moved on to Paddington, so we might be sensing a theme here.



The theme is bears who can't get their shit together, do you realize that the entire plot of every Paddington story is he loses a sandwich? But who am I to judge. I once tried that thing from Breakfast Club where they climb through the space above a drop ceiling. It's much harder than it looks and I got in more trouble than Corduroy did. Maybe I should have tried the one-strap overalls look.