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Summary: Hope my stuffed animals become real!
Review: I'm 32 and have introduced this book to my husband, 38, who had never read it as a kid. We just lost our old stuffed animals as a result of a fire in our house:-Chigger, a stuffed tiger my husband gave me for Valentine's day the first year we were married
-Pierre, a handmade stuffed cat discolored from tearstains, with fraying ears and a rather rubbed-off felt face that I got at my grandmother's church crafts fair when I was about 7
-Ted E. Bear, my mother's bear from when she was pregnant with me
-Floppy, a little floppy dog I got my husband at Walgreens while I was out buying medicine for him late one night this fall.
-Brown Beauty, who looks like I always imagined the Skin Horse...not physically beautiful at all but very gentle. Would you believe the home restoration company washed the animals and then...accidently threw them in the dumpster. Ouch. So I told my husband about this book, and now we can imagine that somewhere, there's a real tiger, a real cat, a real dog and a real brown bear who can finally run and jump like the others. All of them were loved.
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Summary: Becoming "Real" is a lot like becoming a mother
Review: I've come to realize that although us mothers might loose the pink on our noses, and our tail comes unsewn, and we're worn out, we're loved. That's better than being pristine, never knowing what it's like to smell of spit-up or spend your days changing diapers or speaking in baby-talk. I love reading this book and reminding myself that the grandest thing I can do is be a much loved, much used, mother. An uplifting book after a long hard day as a mommy.
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Summary: Too sad for me
Review: I've never liked this story and I had to hear it a lot as a child since it's a "classic." The rabbit's martyrdom made me cry every time it was read to me and actually gave me nightmares as a young child. This is one book from my childhood I will not be reading to my son.
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Summary: A classic tale still going strong.
Review: It has been seventy-seven years since this story was first published and it continues to be popular with each generation. I am amazed at how often I've read it to the children of today. It is the classic story of a stuffed rabbit who, after many years, becomes a real rabbit through love. It is a book that also should be on the shelf of any serious student of children literature.
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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: Velveteen Rabbit story good for parents and children
Review: It's a sweet story of a 'simple' stuffed rabbit amidst the more 'complex' modern toys in a boy's "toy collection". The rabbit starts to believe that in order to get the love of the boy, he needs to appear 'real', or be able to zoom about like the motorized toys...
(And I'm not going to tell you the end hahahahaha!!!)
It was great having that read to me, while I was hugging my stuffed animals in bed.
But -- in a way, at first glance it looks like a simple story, but it is actually a surprisingly complex story. Leave it on your child's bookshelf as he/she grows up and he/she will reread it again and again as he/she questions issues such as "who am I?", "what does it mean to be 'real'"?, "what is my role in this world?", and even "what is death"?
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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: ALWAYS A FAVORITE!
Review: Most youngsters have a favorite toy, which may be why they have always loved The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real. Today small eyes and ears will respond just as eagerly to the
reassuring story of a stuffed rabbit miraculously transformed by love.
First published in 1922, this classic tale loses none of its power in today's brightly illustrated abridged version which is more accessible for a younger audience. Ages 3 and up.
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Summary: ALWAYS A FAVORITE!
Review: Most youngsters have a favorite toy, which may be why they have always loved The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real. Today small eyes and ears will respond just as eagerly to the
reassuring story of a stuffed rabbit miraculously transformed by love.
First published in 1922, this classic tale loses none of its power in today's brightly illustrated abridged version which is more accessible for a younger audience. Ages 3 and up.
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Summary: A beautiful story of love and friendship for young and old.
Review: My mother read this book to me as a child and it taught me to believe in the power of love. I think that the best thing you can do for a child you love is hold them in your lap and read it aloud. I just gave it to my neice and it was one of the best experiences of my life to sit and read it to her.
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