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The Velveteen Rabbit [With Paperback Book]
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The Velveteen Rabbit [With Paperback Book] Compact disc - 2007

by Margery Williams; Elizabeth J. Miles (Illustrator)


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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From the publisher

A picture book version of the classic story of a toy rabbit who longs to become real, and the boy whose love helps him realize his dream
A stuffed toy rabbit comes to life in Margery Williams' timeless tale of the transformative power of love. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy will choose him as a playmate. In time, the shy Rabbit befriends the tattered Skin Horse, the wisest resident of the nursery, who reveals the goal of all nursery toys: to be made "real" through the love of a human.
This classic tale has been charming children since its first publication in 1922.

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.

Details

  • Title The Velveteen Rabbit [With Paperback Book]
  • Author Margery Williams; Elizabeth J. Miles (Illustrator)
  • Binding Compact Disc
  • Edition PAP/COM
  • Pages 1
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scholastic
  • Date June 1, 2007
  • ISBN 9780545005104 / 0545005108
  • Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 13.63 x 8.57 x 0.39 in (34.62 x 21.77 x 0.99 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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