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    The Velveteen Rabbit
    The Velveteen Rabbit
    The Velveteen Rabbit
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    The Velveteen Rabbit

    By Margery Williams and Geoff Herbach

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    The heart-warming tale of The Velveteen Rabbit's longing to be real is beautifully re-told by Oakley Graham and perfectly complemented by Gareth Llewhellin's illustrations.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTop That Publishing
    Release dateSep 2, 2013
    ISBN9781784450526
    Author

    Margery Williams

    Margery Williams was born in London in 1881. She moved with her family to the US in 1890 and there started a career as a writer at the age of nineteen. She wrote many stories for children, of which 'The Velveteen Rabbit' is the most famous.

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    • 5/5
      I read this when I was very small and could never get the story out of my head. It's sad and wonderful. Read it with a tissue at hand.
    • 5/5
      One of my absolute favorite stories from childhood, and the last on my little trip down memory lane revisiting the books of my youth (those that I currently own, at least).What can one say about the Velveteen Rabbit that hasn't been said already? It's so tender, and tragic, and beautiful, and sweet, and touching. It makes you cry both sad and happy tears. And those lovely illustrations by William Nicholson are just wonderful.This particular edition, again from my childhood, is a beautiful hardcover in a slipcase. No idea where it came from (parents or a gift from parents' friends), but I know it was a constant favorite, and it remains one today.
    • 5/5
      A delightful children's classic with beautiful illustrations to enhance the story.
    • 5/5
      Don Daily’s illustrations makes the classic, “Velventeen Rabbit” magical. I highly recommend this particular edition of the book.ww2
    • 5/5
      This is one of my absolute favorites. I recently shared this book with my son and I was so glad that be also loved it.
    • 4/5
      What a beautiful and touching story. I was truly blown away by it's originality and subtle message... there is nothing much else to say: it is a heartbreaking story. I cried and cried and just wanted the opportunity to love the Velveteen rabbit forever.
    • 5/5
      This book is a classic and perhaps one of the most beloved stories of all time. It's written for children, but its meaning rings true and memorable for adults too.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed reading this book although I thought some of the vocabulary used is more directed towards upper elementary students or good readers. The story was about a toy stuffed rabbit who was a christmas present. He wanted to know what it was like to be a Real rabbit and got advice from a toy horse who thought of himself as a Real horse. Eventually, the little boy slept and played with the rabbit everyday and he became a Real stuffed rabbit. When the little boy got sick all of his toys had to be burned. The rabbit cried because he couldn't be with his best friend anymore. The nursery fairy came and saved him and turned him into a actual real rabbit where he watched over the boy everyday. The theme of this book seems to trusting in the love of those who believe in you, and remembering that good comes out of every situation. In my classroom I might read this book around valentines day and use it as a message and a segway into writing. They could use an example from the book of how love was used and apply it to who they love and believe in in their own lives.
    • 4/5
      This was one of my absolute favorite books when I was growing up.... This story is short and sweet while easy to understand so it stays with you even after so many years. The older you get and the more you mature the more the story will mean to you for you will be able to see the lesson that is being told. The author has a beautiful way with words that bring the story to life whether it is the gentle fairy holding the Velveteen Rabbit, the other rabbits skipping in the woods or digging under the sheets. And the best voice I have found in the story is that of the old horse. But the best part of the story is that it is real. I had a Real cat named Buttercup who was a last gift that I had received before my adoptive parents broke-up. And through the years with all the troubles, tears and pain that my sisters as well I went through she became just as Real to us and just as important in our own lives thus it is a memory-filled book for me.
    • 3/5
      cute and touching. the profound truth that loves makes us real in a form accessible to a child.
    • 5/5
      Summary: The Velveteen Rabbit is the story of a young boy and his favorite rabbit. The boy got the rabbit for Christmas one year and tossed the rabbit aside when the boy got other Christmas presents. Time passed and the little boys Nana was searching for another toy to comfort the boy. She came upon the Velveteen rabbit. She gave him to the little boy and soon the boy loved the rabbit. He took the rabbit everywhere. Before the boy played with the rabbit, the rabbit befriended a horse who told him about becoming real. The little boy would have to really love the rabbit for him to become real. This finally happened and the Velveteen rabbit loved it. The boy soon got ill and the doctor said to burn everything the boy had been around. The rabbit was tossed out. The rabbit was so sad he shed a single tear and appeared a fairy. The fairy made the rabbit real as can be. The rabbit lived among the other rabbits and watched the boy from afar. Personal response: I am so in love with this book! It almost made me cry! It is so touching how the rabbit wanted to be loved so much. The little boy played with him so much that he began to look run down, the rabbit didn't care though and that is true love. Classroom extension:1. I would have the students bring in their favorite stuffed animal, small toy, barbie, etc.. and have them show off their wonderful "real" animals! 2. The students could draw the Velveteen rabbit with themselves and use their imaginations to do what ever they wanted with the bunny. They could swing, play on the playground, eat, sleep, etc.. with the bunny in their picture.
    • 5/5
      The idea of what is real and what makes someone real is such an important one. I love the conversations that occur with young readers contemplating real. Does love make someone real? Does magic? What does it mean to be not real? And underlying all of the philosophy, a story of a sweet friendship.
    • 4/5
      What a lovely little story! I never read this when I was young -- very sweet.
    • 1/5
      Made me ruinously sad as a child and I'm pretty sure I didn't learn anything from it except not to get one of those horrible olden days plague-diseases.
    • 3/5
      This is a classic story about a toy rabbit who wants so much to become real. The rabbit is owned by a young boy who loves him very much and plays with him all the time. The rabbit learns from his friend the skin horse that toys can become real when they are loved and played with. Then one day the boy says that his rabbit it Real and that makes the bunny happy until he sees two actual rabbits and discovers that he isn't a live rabbit. Then the rabbit needs to be thrown out because the boy had been sick and he encounters a fairy who turns him into an actual rabbit and he is truly Real. This is a classic story that shows the imagination of a child and the great love children have for their toys, so much so, they sometimes seem real. This can start discussion about what makes something "real" How one person defines real may be different to someone else. A teacher could have a student journal about one of their favorite toys as a child and if it was Real to them or not. This book could be used in a unit on classic books, books on imagination or friendship. The illustrations in this book are the original artwork. There are only eighth illustrations and they are spread throughout the book but not on every page. Sometimes the picture comes before the text that is depicting or explaining it which can be confusing. The style of illustration is hand drawn ink and color sketches with minimal use of color. The colors that are used are mainly the primary colors or muted blues, brown and yellow hues. The illustrations have a messy, chaotic feel because the backgrounds aren't solid colors but almost scribbled in and it adds to the busyness of the picture.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful story with lovely illustrations. 4 1/2 because of the element of magic towards the end, but the love behind the story is what matters.
    • 5/5
      This classic modern fantasy is about a Velveteen Rabbit who is bought for a little boy and sent to live with the other play toys in the nursery awaiting the day they will be the chosen toy to be played with. The Velveteen Rabbit befriends a wise Skin Horse who knows everything about the nursery, and life. Life, as the Skin Horse tells the Velveteen Rabbit, is when you are made real by the love of a human. The Skin Horse suggests that when a child really truly loves you, then you become real, and the Velveteen Rabbit is really truly loved by Boy.
    • 4/5
      This isn't the edition i own...
    • 5/5
      A sweet story as ever. Grown-up as I am, I reread it and cried over it.
    • 5/5
      A heart warming story about the power of love. A boy loves a sawdust stuffed toy rabbit with all of his might, despite the rabbit's shabbiness. The boy falls ill with scarlet fever, and must burn all of his toys. The velveteen rabbit cries real tears and joins the land of real rabbits. A wonderful, magical book. Useful in the classroom to explore themes of love, and inspire fantastical, magical, wishful thinking.
    • 4/5
      Such a wonderful little story. I was heartbroken when (***SPOILERS***)


      The little boy got sick and they had to throw out all his toys because it was horribly catching.
    • 4/5
      I had never read this book previously. I found it endearing and lovely. The velveteen rabbit wants nothing but the magic of Real. The Skinhorse had not told him that a faerie would be the one to make him real, only that he had to be loved just right by a human. The illustrations of the velveteen rabbit are very reminiscent of the days when scarlet fever was around. This book brought up many different feeling for me, and I believe it might bring up different emotions for children differently that it did me. I felt really drawn to this book the moment it began discussing how to become real. USE: Entertainment; dealing with illness; explaining loss.
    • 5/5
      This classic book is one that never grows old, even though the time in which it is set and the rules that are adhered to may have changed. It is the story of a boy from a well-to-do family who is primarily cared for by a nanny, and who has a lavish nursery filled with toys, including a well-loved velveteen rabbit. When the boy becomes sick with scarlet fever, the boy clings to the velveteen rabbit for comfort, but when he is well again, it is decided that anything that may contain germs, including the rabbit, must be burned. The rabbit manages to escape that fate, however, and is so well-loved, that he eventually becomes real, which is what the hobby horse in the nursery told the rabbit would happen. This story is mostly realistic fiction, but the bit about the rabbit becoming real injects just a bit of fantasy into the story, and is so believable that a child might think it to actually be able to happen should he love a stuffed animal of his own enough. The soft watercolor illustrations just add to the dreamlike tale, and would be alluring to even the youngest child. It is quite long for a children's book, and I used to read it to my daughters in sections if it were for a bedtime story, or during the daytime if we wanted to complete the entire book in one sitting. None of my daughters ever grew tired of hearing it again and again, and chose to read it on their own when they could each read independently, giving a nod to its timelessness and charm. I have honestly never heard of it being used in a classroom setting, but I'm sure there are possibilities, especially if used as a read aloud to the younger set, but probably in short segments read over a few days time.
    • 4/5
      Genre: fantasyReview: This is a great example of fantasy because it is told from the perspective of the toys. It portrays the toys as though they can think, however they are not real yet. The story is believable because the boy helps make the rabbit real, he loves him so much that you can't help but love the rabbit just as much and soon you are believing that the rabbit is real.
    • 5/5
      When someone loves you, they make you Real. And it doesn't matter what happens next; nothing can change the fact that they loved you; nothing can make you less Real.
    • 4/5
      I'd never read this growing up and sincerely regret it. Anyone whose children have been forever warped by Toy Story (and a subsequent fear of getting rid of old beloved toys) should read this to their kids to undo the damage. It's a beautiful story and very wonderfully illustrated.
    • 4/5
      Bought for a young relative, I didn't realise this was one to tug at the heart strings. Boy (the child remains unnamed) gets a stuffed rabbit for Christmas. Gradually the rabbit gets loved and, by the magic of the nursery, becomes Real. Lovely illustrations in a slightly old fashioned style.
    • 3/5
      What a lovely little book which tells of how a loved stuffed rabbit becomes "real" just because a child believes. I have several stuffed animals that I too believe are "real". They are my companions on quiet days and enjoy reading with me.
    • 4/5
      A longer version of the classic tale of how we make the transitional toys we love real.
    • 5/5
      The Velveteen Rabbit is one of my favorite children's stories and is one that I remember reading as a child numerous times. It follows a stuffed velveteen rabbit who is given to a boy as a present and how he is loved by him. The rabbit's only wish is to eventually become a real rabbit. This book is eerily similar to Toy Story in that the toys are alive and are aware of the boy's love and affection for them. I love this story because it reminds me of the love that a child can have for their favored toys or blankets. It's main message is that only after a toy has been thoroughly used and worn out does it become real. It is not apparent until the end of the book that the rocking horse meant that they will forever be real in the eyes of the child who loves them. It is through a magical coincidence that the Rabbit finds himself in the presence of fairies in the garden who take it upon themselves to make him a real bunny rabbit. The illustrations (in my edition) are very realistic and remind one of almost pictures. They were done by Donna Green and a breathtakingly beautiful. The interpretation of the fairy that made the rabbit real is truly quite amazing. The illustrations will keep children rereading again and again. All in all I believe that this is a wonderful book (in no small part due to nostalgia) and one that children can relate to.

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