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The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real
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The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real Paperback - 1999

by Margery Williams; William Nicholson (Illustrator)

Complete with the endearing, original color illustrations of William Nicholson, "The Velveteen Rabbit" tells a triumphant and timeless story about the redemptive power of love. The original edition.


About this book

The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real, is the story of a toy rabbit who wants to become real through the love of his owner. The stuffed rabbit is overlooked by the boy whom he is given, the boy preferring to play with more mechanical and sophisticated toys than the simple stuffed rabbit. The rabbit holds onto a story told to him by the oldest and wisest toy in the nursery, the skin horse, about how toys can become real through love. Eventually, the boy becomes attached to the soft doll, but after developing scarlet fever the doctor orders the boy sent away to recover and all his toys and belonging burnt. The rabbit is so sad over his separation from the boy he begins to cry and sheds a real tear - after which the nursery fairy appears to turn him into a real rabbit.

It has been adapted many times into television, film and onto the stage. The National Education Association listed it among the top 100 books for teachers of children in 2007.

Author Margery Williams’ first children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit was published in 1922 by George H. Doran Company in London and has remained in print continuously since, owing to its popularity as a story of the power of enduring love.

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Summary

Once there was a velveteen rabbit who longed to be Real. He was owned by a boy who loved him more and more every day, even when the rabbit's velveteen coat grew old and shabby and worn. Then one day something magical happened, and the rabbit's wish began to come true...

From the publisher

Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful. This classic illustrated story continues to be loved by generations of families.

"There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid," this story begins. "On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the Boy's stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming."

But before long, the stuffed rabbit has been largely forgotten, and the rabbit dreams of becoming Real. To become Real, a wise old toy explains, is "a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real..."

But how will the rabbit ever achieve his dream of becoming Real?

This is a heartwarming story that stands the test of time, and this affordable edition of the beloved classic includes the complete text and original illustrations.

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From the rear cover

Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it.

"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real. It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

First Edition Identification

The UK printing and the US printing occurred simultaneously and feature yellow-tan pictorial boards picturing a rabbit and seven chromolithographs by William Nicholson (later issues contained reproductions of these). One of the most coveted children’s books for collectors, copies in a dust jacket often appear for over $5,000, with pristine copies well exceeding $15,000.

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  • Title The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real
  • Author Margery Williams; William Nicholson (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Avon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-03-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780380002559 / 0380002558
  • Weight 0.14 lbs (0.06 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.52 x 5.2 x 0.13 in (19.10 x 13.21 x 0.33 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 1050
  • Themes
    • Holiday: Easter
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects Rabbits, Toys
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89051706
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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