Don Freeman

Don Freeman was an American painter, printmaker, cartoonist, and illustrator who also wrote children's books. Active from the 1930s to the 1970s, he often set his work in Times Square, and he had studied graphic design at the Art Students League in New York City. He was best known for Corduroy and its sequel, A Pocket for Corduroy, stories about a teddy bear named Corduroy.