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The Velveteen Rabbit
This heartwarming children's classic about a stuffed bunny who comes to life is appropriately abridged for young readers in this attractive edition. Illustrations in full color.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
January 26th 1987
by Grosset & Dunlap
(first published 1922)
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Beautiful and deeply touching. At Meredith's wedding last year, her brother and sister read a passage from this book, including the below - an inspired choice.
"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."...more
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
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Nov 12, 2010
K.D. Oliveros
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The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams Bianco (1881-1944) was originally published in 1922 when she was 41 years old.
Tonight is my first time to read this book. Shame on me. It only took 15 mins to read it and at first I was totally not impressed. I thought I already saw the theme of previously-cherished toys being discarded either in favor of a newer or more hi-tech toy or when the child becomes an adult used in Disney/Pixar's movie Toy Story. I also thought I already...more
Tonight is my first time to read this book. Shame on me. It only took 15 mins to read it and at first I was totally not impressed. I thought I already saw the theme of previously-cherished toys being discarded either in favor of a newer or more hi-tech toy or when the child becomes an adult used in Disney/Pixar's movie Toy Story. I also thought I already...more
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My scanned copy (this library edition doesn't have Bianco and it's 44pg long; isbn:0385077483; I don't see a copyright date but process date of this book in the library stated 4/1/87)
I read one of those Christmas toddler abridged board book version of this book a long time ago and found it to be a darling story. I wanted to see the original version so I checked this out from my local library. Sweet story. Oddly enough, I think I like the abridged version better (perhaps due to the illustrations...more
I read one of those Christmas toddler abridged board book version of this book a long time ago and found it to be a darling story. I wanted to see the original version so I checked this out from my local library. Sweet story. Oddly enough, I think I like the abridged version better (perhaps due to the illustrations...more
“The Velveteen Rabbit” is Rabbit Ears’ first classic story that is based off of Margery Williams’ popular tale and it is about how a toy rabbit learns the true meaning of being real. With Meryl Streep’s tender narration, George Winston’s soft music and David Jorgensen’s beautiful illustrations, “The Velveteen Rabbit” is an instant classic that children will watch over and over again.
What made this video truly memorable was Meryl Streep’s tender and soothing narration. Meryl Streep gives the sto...more
What made this video truly memorable was Meryl Streep’s tender and soothing narration. Meryl Streep gives the sto...more
"It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. 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 your 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."
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A terrific book, even as an adult, but it gave me quite a scare as a little kid. See, I actually managed to get scarlet fever in the first grade, and because of The Velveteen Rabbit, I was terrified that someone was going to come in and force me to burn all of my toys like the kid in the book had to when he was sick. Thankfully, though, medicine advanced beyond toy burning in between the publishing of this book and 1982, so my G.I. Joes were safe.
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Small tragedies, small children, small world.
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This book was written in 1922 and I would recommend it for older children – perhaps to read to a Year 3 to Year 5 class, or for a Year 6 child to read to the teacher. The vocabulary is quite difficult, and very descriptive, and so it may be suitable for a more advanced reader.
The book tells the story of a toy rabbit, loved by the boy who owns him. When the boy becomes ill with scarlet fever, all of his toys, including the rabbit, are thrown away and new ones bought for him. However, a magical fl...more
The book tells the story of a toy rabbit, loved by the boy who owns him. When the boy becomes ill with scarlet fever, all of his toys, including the rabbit, are thrown away and new ones bought for him. However, a magical fl...more
A great tribute to that special "lovey" so many of us remember. Whenever I think about this story, I think about my Care Bear that went on countless vacations, summer camps, and an accidental swim in a pond.
Great story, but a little long for really young kids.
Great story, but a little long for really young kids.
Such a beautiful beautiful story. During my second year of teaching, I started taking 30 minutes or so on Fridays to read a children's story to my juniors, and then we'd discuss it in the context of a shared letters project that was ongoing through the year. It never failed that I would cry every time I read this story -- the whole concept of being real as it is explained in the book just moves me so much. When you are shabby and well-worn and your whiskers are rubbed off and your fur is patchy,...more
This is such a cute story, even if it's a little sad. I just finished re-reading it and kept thinking this is something that is so timeless and can teach everyone a little humility, we are all fragile beings in this crazy thing called life. Being real is something I think even adults have trouble with, and books like this remind us to be grounded. I think labeling books strictly as childrens' does a great disservice to them. Sure, some are completely inane and have no point, but a great deal of...more
I personally think that everyone should have a copy of this children's book. Yes, I did get this special edition with the plush velveteen stuffed rabbit.
I had never before read this children's classic until my fourth grade class started it as a group. I finished in 10 minutes and I thought it was such a beautiful story.
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This is by far my favorite book from childhood. My mother read it to me countless times. I really can’t express in words what this tiny book means to me. It brings me to tears every time I read it. It also makes me pull out my own version of "a velveteen rabbit," which is a little gray bear that I have had since the day I was born. It's funny but when I pull that bear out and hold him in my arms it brings a rush of comfort and a feeling that everything is right.
This story is a classic that shou...more
This story is a classic that shou...more
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Altho this is on a different record label, it is the same release. This is the audio CD version with George Winston playing piano and Meryl Streep doing the narration.
I must admit to not being familiar with the story before I listened to this, which is one of the reasons I wanted to hear it. Meryl Streep adopts an English accent for her narration and it works quite well. The music also complements the story quite well. I found the charming story simple and moving. I will always remember listenin...more
I must admit to not being familiar with the story before I listened to this, which is one of the reasons I wanted to hear it. Meryl Streep adopts an English accent for her narration and it works quite well. The music also complements the story quite well. I found the charming story simple and moving. I will always remember listenin...more
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Dec 10, 2008
Roxton Malone
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
anyone who has children or is a child at heart
I found an "original edition" copy of The Velveteen Rabbit today at my Barnes & Noble while I was organizing the children's classics bay. It was the only one left. This was fortuitous for me since I lost my big beautiful full-color hardcover copy in a flood in upstate New York.
I struggle with giving this only four stars. Few children's books are better. I just always have a tiny problem with a Deus Ex Machina climax in the form of a magical twist at the end of an otherwise pretty straightfor...more
I struggle with giving this only four stars. Few children's books are better. I just always have a tiny problem with a Deus Ex Machina climax in the form of a magical twist at the end of an otherwise pretty straightfor...more
Buku yang mengharukan bahkan bagi aku yang sudah bukan anak-anak lagi :D. Mengisahkan mimpi sebuah boneka kelinci untuk menjadi hidup. Mainan kuda mengatakan bahwa mainan akan menjadi hidup kalau dia menjadi mainan kesayangan. Karena suatu keberuntungan si kelinci pun menjadi mainan kesayangan. Dia pun bahagia walaupun tubuhnya jadi lusuh karena terlalu sering dipegang-pegang, dipeluk-peluk, disayang-sayang. Tapi dia menjadi kebingungan waktu dia bertemu dua ekor kelinci sungguhan. Kelinci-kelin...more
The Velveteen Rabbit is the story of a stuffed toy given as a Christmas gift to a boy, and then being forgotten and left to its own devices in the nursery. As the title suggests, he is made of soft velveteen and “he was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen”.
He spends his days waiting for the ‘boy’ to return to the nursery to claim him and love him, so he can become a ‘real’ rabbit. This,...more
He spends his days waiting for the ‘boy’ to return to the nursery to claim him and love him, so he can become a ‘real’ rabbit. This,...more
I had this book with a beautiful audio cassette narrated by Meryl Streep. It was one of my very favorite things as a child and I recommend it highly to children of the target age, especially if the book can be read to them. The book has a few old-time references that young children today might not quite be able to place, but kids tend to either ask questions or make up their own interpretations of what the references mean. The eponymous Velveteen Rabbit is a toy rabbit given to a nameless child...more
The Velveteen Rabbit was a really neat story. I think the intended audience for this book is anyone from a child to a grandma. Some of the characters are the velveteen rabbit, the boy, the real rabbits, the other toys, etc.
The story starts when a boy is given a velveteen rabbit for christmas. The rabbit is mocked and laughed at by the other, fancier, toys. The rabbit learns that toys are not real, but only become real when their owner TRULY loves them. The velveteen rabbit takes the title of the...more
The story starts when a boy is given a velveteen rabbit for christmas. The rabbit is mocked and laughed at by the other, fancier, toys. The rabbit learns that toys are not real, but only become real when their owner TRULY loves them. The velveteen rabbit takes the title of the...more
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The book, 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams is truly a classic children's story. However, after reading this book again as an adult I find it even more emotional than I remember. The book follows the Velveteen Rabbit and his quest to be REAL. The rabbit is given to a young boy who falls ill. Sadly the rabbit is deemed contagious and must be burned. Luckily the rabbit is greeted by a magical fairy who turns him into a real rabbit! The story seemed to remind me of the movie Toy Story when...more
Feb 23, 2013
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I've lost track of all the times I've read this wonderful sweet story. But my favorite was when I copied and sent the following portion of it to my very REAL mom in a birthday card/letter to let her know how much she is loved:
“What is REAL?” asked the Velveteen Rabbit one day... “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”...more
“Real isn't how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It's a thing that happens to you. When [someone] loves you for a long, long time, not just to
I love this story. It's so sad and happy at the same time. A great kids books. Every child should have this read to them.
This part is my favourite part.
“What is REAL?" asked the Velveteen 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 [someone] loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" a...more
This part is my favourite part.
“What is REAL?" asked the Velveteen 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 [someone] loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" a...more
One of my all time favourite books. A beautiful tale of love and friendship that is a must read for every child and everyone that ever was a child.
As a child I loved the beauty and magic of this book. Once my children were born it took on a deeper meaning and began to hold an even deeper place in my heart. My son whom was hospitalized several times during his childhood had two such stuffed friends that became his beloved bedside companions. They accompanied him to places that were off limits to...more
As a child I loved the beauty and magic of this book. Once my children were born it took on a deeper meaning and began to hold an even deeper place in my heart. My son whom was hospitalized several times during his childhood had two such stuffed friends that became his beloved bedside companions. They accompanied him to places that were off limits to...more
I first stumbled upon this story when I was in my freshman year in college [an excerpt of it was in our COMII textbook and I actually thought it was a poem until today, lol]. Something about this story just tears at my heart. Maybe it was the Rabbit's longing to be loved--as it's just so like everyone else's deepest desire.
Anyway, I would remember this story from time to time and I would pull my COMII book to reread it. Somehow my book is missing in my cabinet, lol. Can't remember where I put i...more
Anyway, I would remember this story from time to time and I would pull my COMII book to reread it. Somehow my book is missing in my cabinet, lol. Can't remember where I put i...more
At a crucial time in my life, the lessons about love and friendship The Velveteen Rabbit imparted to me were valuable and maybe even life-changing; namely that to love and be loved, you sometimes have to suffer some pain in the process, but that the end result is worth the pain. "People who break easily, or have sharp edges, or have to be carefully kept" have a far harder time becoming "Real" than those who can bend, be pliable and receptive to love,and be flexible. Some of that message, though...more
This edition of "The Velveteen Rabbit" is a paperback, unabridged republication of the 1922 original, written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson.
What a sweet story. Somehow I had missed this classic picture book in my childhood and it was a real treat to enjoy it with my daughter. A lengthy picture book, around 5000 words of 36 pages, it held her attention and drew her into the story of the rabbit so very loved he became Real. Ah.
Illustrations are infrequent but full-colour...more
What a sweet story. Somehow I had missed this classic picture book in my childhood and it was a real treat to enjoy it with my daughter. A lengthy picture book, around 5000 words of 36 pages, it held her attention and drew her into the story of the rabbit so very loved he became Real. Ah.
Illustrations are infrequent but full-colour...more
A children's book almost made my cry. It definitely made me sad and concerned. I was so worried for the Rabbit. I had never read The Velveteen Rabbit as a child. I didn't know what to expect. I always heard positive things about the story, I thought it was some happy tale with a typical children's moral at the end or something. That is not The Velveteen Rabbit that Margery Williams wrote. She wrote a children's story that had some tension. It actually made me glad that I read it privately first...more
Dec 06, 2012
Faith
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“What is REAL?” asked the Velveteen 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 [someone] loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”
“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.
“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”
“Does it happen all at once, lik...more
“Real isn't how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When [someone] loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”
“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.
“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”
“Does it happen all at once, lik...more
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Margery Williams Bianco was an English-American author, primarily of popular children's books. A professional writer since the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of the classic that is her best-known work, The Velveteen Rabbit.
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“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.'
'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. 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.”
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'Does it hurt?' asked the Rabbit.
'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. 'When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.'
'Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,' he asked, 'or bit by bit?'
'It doesn't happen all at once,' said the Skin Horse. 'You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. 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.”
“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.”
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