Corduroy's Hike

When Corduroy sneaks into Lisa's backpack for a hiking trip, little dos he know of the adventure that awaits him. A black ink cartoon with spare use of watercolor and crayon to highlight the main characters and events, this easy to read book guides the reader through a semi-textured adventure through the forest. This book includes a more complex and larger controlled vocabulary than that found in Dr. Seuss books. In Dr. Seuss' Shape of Me and Other Stuff, he uses black ink to draw the reader's attention to the main characters; a few primary colors comprise the background and highlight the poetic verse characteristic of Dr. Seuss. Although both Corduroy's Hike and Shape of Me and Other Stuff are both classified as easy reader books, much has changed in the complexity and length of text (and illustration) found in children's books over the years.