Corduroy by Don Freeman

I remember reading this book as a kid. I enjoyed it then and I enjoy it now. It's one of those books that have lasted through the ages and will continue to last. Corduroy is a little bear that lives in the toy department. He tries to get people to buy him and one day a little girl wants to buy him but her mother tells her no because she has no more money and he's missing a button. Poor Corduroy misses out on having a family. That night he goes out in search for his missing button. He looks around the department store and finds a button, unfortunately it's attached to a mattress. He's a pretty strong little bear and pulls the button off the mattress and pushes a lamp over. Which causes the night gaurd to come and check. He sees Corduroy under the sheets (for some reason this doesn't freak the night gaurd out but personally if the bear magically appeared under the sheets and I didn't know how it got there I'd be a little disturbed). He puts Corduroy back in the toy department. The next day the little girl comes back to buy him and Corduroy gets a home and family. There is a sequel to the book, A Pocket for Corduroy. I haven't read it or if I have it's been a long time. If you have read it let us know what you thought about it.