The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real (All Aboard Books)

This is one of the most cherished recordings in my collection! I got it on cassette tape as a child for Christmas one year and listened to it every year. Until technology evolved and cassette players were lost or broken and I switched to CDs. Many years passed where I didn't listen to it. Then one year when my child was little (3 years old) I was reminded of this recording and hunted it down, purchased the CD, and ripped the CD to save as a digital copy. We have listened to it now, every year since, and my child is now 18 years old! We have a tradition of driving around on Christmas Eve to see the neighborhood lights on houses and listen to the story of the Velveteen Rabbit read with the piano accompaniment. Merryl Streep doesn't just read the story, she acts it with wonderful expression and great feeling. The music of George Winston is a perfect fit to enhance the mood of the story and the melodies are soothing and pleasant. I look forward to continuing this tradition for many more years to come, hopefully passing it down to grandchildren someday. I would definitely recommend this recording to add to your holiday collection, and the rest of Winston's repertoire to listen to year-round!

I recently rediscovered my own worn copy of The Velveteen Rabbit (the older version with the original illustrations) and read it to my 4.5 yr old daughter over the last 2 nights. It is such a lovely book in its simple old style of prose that is missing from so many children's books today. It's simple but sophisticated at the same time--and not 'sappy' or 'corny' as some other reviewers have suggested. Just my daughter hearing me read it was educational even if she didn't understand all the words. I loved it as an older child (but didn't understand its deeper meaning then) and I'm sure my daughter will love it too on her own when she's able to read. I'm ordering it for a friend who's never read it so she can share it with her kindergarten age child. It's also a very sweet, touching story that makes me cry every time I read it - I can barely get through last pages without choking up. It's a story about unconditional love and faith and seems to have some religious connotations--without being religious or biblical or preachy. Without giving away too much, the Velveteen Rabbit hopes as we all do, that there is something much more than ending up shabby, worn and old. He finally becomes Real at the end because he loves the Boy unconditionally. How and why he becomes Real is heartwarming. Read it and see. It's a nice book to have in your child's collection.

The velveteen rabbit is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. one of the best child book ever ,since it was released in 1922 .recomed to anyone ,great book bring lots of memories when you reread it after so many year have pass by book summary: The book begin when a boy receives a Velveteen Rabbit for Christmas and only play with if for about two hour ,and forget about him.while talking with a old,worn out, Skin Horse, the Rabbit learns that a toy becomes real if its owner really and truly loves it. For the Skin Horse made the Velveteen Rabbit aware that once you are Real you can't become unreal again One night when the boy's cheap china dog is misplaced, the Velveteen Rabbit is given to the boy as a quick replacement by the maid to comfort him while he sleeps.Since that day they become best friends and never left his sight.One day the boy become to ill and cant play with the rabbit .When he got better the doctor told the maid to trow every thing away that was infected.{yep eveb the rabbit]The kid got a new rabbit toy dont you worry his feeling dint get hurt.The rabbit was left in the outside cool, and lonely. Then a fairy come out of a flower witch came out of the rabbits tears,and made him a real rabbit.The fairy then took him with all the rabbits to live happy ever after.

Adorable. Perfecto. Ilustraciones preciosas y abreviado para niños. Es que me encanta..tengo el cuento original que tb lleva ilustraciones originales,es un libro muy especial este..

And a favorite still as an adult. I read a passage from it at my wedding. This is a nice, easy to keep edition.

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Me encantó, aunque es un libro para niños, los grandes que no lo han leído encontrarán en sus escasas páginas una bella historia para comprender lo que el amor puede hacer. Las ilustraciones son buenas, en la versión impresa por supuesto que son mucho mucho mejores.

This book came to my attention, because it was read in my beloved series "Cold Case" by the main character detective Lilly Rush. The book itself is a wonderful story about hope, friendship and love, between a rabbit and his owner, a young boy. Today the story is more topical than ever, it is a story that should be read to children again and again, because it actually conveys basic values.x finger. In today's world, in which children are inundated with the latest electronic toys, which do not stimulate their imagination, a child is told here that it is completely ok to have a cuddly toy, a confidante, or a friend. In every time, one should remember, that children also have problems and fears and that the confidant cuddly toy companion can be a comforting source. I will give this book to my little neighbour as a christmas present. she has a cuddly toy, an owl. I am sure her parents will read it to her with enthusiasm.