The Velveteen Rabbit: The Classic Children's Book Hardcover - 1958
by Margery Williams; William Nicholson (Illustrator)
Like the wise Skin Horse in the nursery, 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 magic for all who read it.
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.
Summary
First line
THERE was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid.
From the jacket flap
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.
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: The Classic Children's Book
- Author Margery Williams; William Nicholson (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Doubleday Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1958-01-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780385077255 / 0385077254
- Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 9.69 x 7.52 x 0.43 in (24.61 x 19.10 x 1.09 cm)
- Ages 03 to 07 years
- Grade levels P - 2
- Reading level 820
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Themes
- Holiday: Easter
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects Rabbits, Toys
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90025339
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Excerpt
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 03/15/1997, Page 1246
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/1991, Page 0
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