Other editions of book The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real

NEW HARDCOVER. ILLUSTRATED. SHIPS FROM WA- USPS. EXPEDITED SHIPPING AVAILABLE. The Velveteen Rabbit (Classics for Beginning Readers, Reader's Digest Young Families) Hardcover - 2003. 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. Like the Skin Horse, Margery Williams understood how toys--and people--become real through the wisdom and experience of love. This reissue of a favorite classic, with the original story and illustrations as they first appeared in 1922, will work its magic for all who read it. Animals; Christian; Classic & Allegory; Classics; Easter; Fiction; General fiction (Children's/YA); Juvenile Fiction; Rabbits; Toys

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 dreamA 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.

In the nursery, only the toys that are old and wise truly understand what it means to be Real. The Velveteen Rabbit, a newcomer to the nursery, asks one of the most knowledgeable toys, the Skin Horse, what being real means. "Real isn't how you’re made," says 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 ..." And so begins the Velveteen Rabbit’s journey towards becoming real – through the love of a child ...

Beloved children's classics are old friends. But they can become even more magnificent after makeovers with lush, gorgeous illustrations. This edition by legendary illustrator Don Daily is just such a book. It's stunningly beautiful and full of the pictorial details children love to search over and over looking for new, undiscovered treasures. The story of a precious little stuffed rabbit, his love for a boy, and his journey to become ?real" is sure to delight toddlers and preschoolers and become a treasured keepsake in every family library.

In the nursery, only the toys that are old and wise truly understand what it means to be Real. The Velveteen Rabbit, a newcomer to the nursery, asks one of the most knowledgeable toys, the Skin Horse, what being real means. “Real isn't how youre made,” says the Skin Horse. “Its 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 ...” And so begins the Velveteen Rabbits journey towards becoming real – through the love of a child ...