The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams (author)

The beloved nursery classic by Margery Williams is now available in a sumptuous new gift book edition with beautiful new art

When the Velveteen Rabbit first arrives in the nursery, he is snubbed by the other toys. But the Rabbit soon makes friends with the Skin Horse who explains how toys can become 'real', if only they are loved enough. The Velveteen Rabbit longs for this to happen until, one day, he finds that he is Boy's very favourite toy. They play together through a long, golden summer and, even though Rabbit becomes shabbier and shabbier, he becomes 'real' to the boy who loves him so much. The rabbits in the garden think otherwise – how can Rabbit be real when he can't leap and hop? But when Boy is ill with Scarlet Fever, and Rabbit is thrown away, Rabbit finally discovers what it truly means to be real. As he sheds a tear, a magical fairy transforms him into a real, wild rabbit, though her parting words remind him that he was always real to the boy.

Margery Williams (Author): Margery Winifred Williams was born in London in 1881. During her lifetime she lived in England, America and Italy and wrote numerous books for adults and children. Her most famous book, The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real, was published in 1922.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nosy Crow Ltd (1 Sept. 2016)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0857636966
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 25 x 1.4 x 27.4 cm