RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1968. Corduroy is a little teddy bear sitting on a store shelf, waiting and hoping for someone to take him home. When a girl named Lisa spots him, she knows right away that he is the perfect bear for her.
Right before Alice’s dad leaves for his deployment, he tells her a special story about a magical star. Star and her friends loved shining in the night sky, but they wished they could help people all the time.