I read this because I came across a blog that posted this was her first favorite book and she still enjoys reading it over and over so I wanted to read it to see why. Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams is a cute classic children’s book about toys becoming real when they are well loved and cared for. I liked the idea of a nursery fairy and how when a stuffed animal is worn out, that's when it becomes real.
I recommend this book to any parent who thinks it’s time to throw out a worn out stuffed animal that their child is not ready to part with. This should help. Me being a stuffed animal collector, I really liked this story!
(Karen's review 4/18/10)
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My daughter loved this book when she was small. I would read it to her, and then when she could read, she would read it to me. When my sons were small, the oldest had a black and white teddy bear that actually was tread bare. Our boys were 5 years apart so the oldest never played with it anymore, but the little one took it over and loved it. Well, when cleaning out things (we could burn things in a burn barrel where we lived), I threw that bear in thinking it was old, raggedy and worn out. Well, you would have thought I had killed my baby boy's best friend. He screamed and cried, but it was too late to retrieve it from the fire. I felt so bad for quite a while over that. The baby girl that came along 13 years after this incident is the one that loved The Velveteen Rabbit...too bad I hadn't read it when my boys were babies. Thanks for the reminder of a great book for little ones.
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