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Summary: Isn't this the meaning of life?
Review: I had just landed in San Diego after a six-hour flight, checked into an Embassy Suites hotel, and flipped Showtime on the television for background noise while I unpacked.This video came on, and having heard George Winston's "December" CD, which accompanies the reading of the story, I stopped to watch. This is a simple story, well told, and I found it to be a powerful touchstone. By the time it was over, my face was streaked with tears - not a usual occurrence - and I felt as if God had just finished explaining humanity to me in person. Meryl Streep does an outstanding job with the narration, the music is perfectly fitted, and the pictures, although still watercolors allow plenty of time for reflection of the story, increasing and not detracting from the power of the story. Get this and share it with your family - you'll be glad you did. Get the book and share it, too!
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Summary: A book that makes you feel warm and fuzzy all over.
Review: To label The Velveteen Rabbit as simply a children's book would not do it much justice. I've read this story many times over and have gotten friends and other family members to enjoy it as well. I guess I wouldn't have related so much to this story had I not seen it unfold in front of my very eyes for the past 16 years. Teddy, for my sister knew no better names for teddy bears at the time, is a two foot tall pink bunny rabbit my sister got when she was about seven. At the time, Teddy was sitting on a shelf in a large department store looking out at the hustle and bustle of customers go by. My sister must've gone by that shelf three or four times before asking a store clerk help her bring it down. It was at that point that she decided she wasn't going to go home without it. She clung on to Teddy's neck defensively while approaching mom as if Teddy was body armor she couldn't live without. "But you have so many of them already!" protested my mom. "This one is different," pouted my sister. Teddy is cotton-stuffed rabbit, covered with short yarn hairs of dull pink. She wore a white-turquoise sweater that covered her round bushy tail at the back. It was my sister's velveteen rabbit. "Ok fine," mom conceded. From that day forward, I saw as much of Teddy as I have my sister. They're inseparable. As the Skin Horse in the book said "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." Teddy too has grown threadbare in places and isn't as fluffy as she used to be. Her eyes have gotten dull from rubbing and scratching. Her neck has grown thin and fragile, but my sister loves her all the same if not even more. To my sister, Teddy was made real a long time ago. It's only more recently that I've come to realize that Teddy has become part of the family. My sister was right. Teddy is different. Different from all the other toys we've had in the past. Teddy is real. After reading this book, I realize that love is a journey. Perhaps not one from make-believe to reality, but from belief to truth. There are many ways to interpret the lessons from this book. I have several. And my take away has been if you truly believe in your love for someone and care about them, then in time it will become the truth that need not be spoken and will last forever. Applied to life, if you believe so much in something that you are willing to stick it out regardless of what other people think, then it becomes the truth that most people never find in their lives. If you have a dream, believe in it, work towards it and live it. This is a timeless must-read for any reader.
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Summary: *|* Imaginative *|*
Review: It's almost like feeding a child's imagnation. When I was a child - still am to this day. I use to think that my stuffed animals had their own little world. At that age every kid wanted to believe in something. I thought when I left the room, they continued on with their lives...
Oh geez. Look at me? Rambling on. Anyway, It's a great book. Read it and find out for your self.
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Summary: Every Child Should Own This Book!
Review: This is the kind of book a great childhood revolves around....one parent, one child...the parent reading the book, the child listening, learning, and bonding with the parent and the world of books.
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Summary: A True Classic!
Review: A great book on love! I really loved this book as a kid and still remember when my Gramps used to read it to me when we would visit him in the province. He gifted me the book on my 7th birthday and became a real sentimental favorite. My original book got lost when my family vacationed in Milan when I was 12, too bad. I could recall how depressed I became when I discovered that I left the book in the hotel. I missed that book terribly and eversince I was on the look out for another copy, until 16 years later, my beautiful girlfriend gifted me one on our anniversary when she returned home from Munich. I was so happy as I lifted the copy out of the box and I couldn't help but shed a tear out of happiness! Since then, it remains on my bedside table. It is very enlightening, heart warming and full of love. I really love toys up to now and this book really manifests unconditonal love. I will surely treasure this book and in time gift it to my future kids. It's a real classic , something to be treasured forever!
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Summary: simply the best
Review: I have always been amazed by the capacity of some children's book authors; their ability to instill the concept of unconditional love and selfless giving through simple words in simple stories is something I'll always admire. Aside from Silverstein's 'The Giving Tree,' Bianco's 'The Velveteen Rabbit' is the only other book which affords the same sense of love and loss in so few words and leaves me to sit in silence everytime I finish reading it. It is truly one of the most beautifully written stories to date.
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Summary: A wonderful book--bad edition
Review: I was re-reading this book before wrapping it as a gift and was appalled to find a great big spellchecker oversight in this particular edition--the real rabbits had "seems" instead of seams. With this small amount of text, I wish the publisher had relied on a human proofreader. Sloppy production which reflects a lack of craftsmanship and concern. On the good side, the dark red hardbound cover is nice.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: It was a real tear jerker. I am 30 years old and just heard the story for the first time. The tale moved me. It is both powerful and memorable.
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Summary: A true to life classic for all ages!
Review: I read this book when I was a little girl and it touched my heart. I bought it for my kids and read it again...and again. I realized that even as an adult, the memories of being a child and dreaming of your stuffed animals being real never fade. This book makes you remember what it was like to be a kid and even now makes me shed a tear.
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Summary: Streep, Winston, and a classic tale
Review: Combine the beautiful voice of Meryl Streep, the piano playing of George Winston, and a classic children's tale, and you have a great movie. The visuals, or cinematography, is mostly just close-ups, fads, and zooms, on still pictures. And while well-done, this would be the one area of the movie that I would criticize as having room for improvement. The story of the Velveteen Rabbit was one of my wife's favorite childhood stories. And after seeing this movie, I now know why. It's touching. Plus, there's George and Meryl....
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