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"...because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” Incredibly beautiful story, and so after listening to the audiobook, I also checked out the ebook on Scribd. I loved the illustrations by William S. Nicholson. I reckon I'd have loved it much more as a child though.
Read with SBC Book Club December 2018. Our theme for the month was "Christmas". While this story was not really Christmas-themed, it at least began on Christmas Day when the child received the Velveteen Rabbit as a gift.
This is a sweet story but the vocabulary and density of the text mean it’s really only suitable for adults, even as a read-aloud.
"That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. 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 the 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."A lovely and light evening read!
Just as good at age 46 as it was before age 10, if not a little better, since I yearn for the nostalgia of the sing-song dictation of a century-plus old children's story more in today's age. It's a wonderful story, simply put.
I never read the original but I actually really like that the story was shortened because I think the lovely illustrations do an excellent job of conveying emotions and themes that can't or don't always need be expressed in words, especially when it comes to the ending. Wonderful work!
Having never read this story before, I absolutely adored it. Although this is very short, at just over 24 minutes, Richard Armitage does this classic story justice with his beautiful narration. I could listen to this a half dozen times and not grow bored. Highly recommend.
Beloved children's book recommended reading for all generations - timeless gift!
I have always loved this story. I included the section on becoming Real in my wedding vows and reread this story pretty frequently.
Beautiful story and life lessons. Beautifully written . Read the Vleveteen Daughter and you will have a much clearer - and sadder - understanding of this book.
Unexpectedly emotional and deep for such a short story. I loved it!!! Shame I read it as an adult and not as a kid.
«+What is REAL?- "Real" isn’t how you are made. It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you. Then you become Real.+ Does it hurt?- Sometimes. When you are Real, you don’t mind being hurt.+ Does it happen all at once, like being wound up, or bit by bit?- It doesn’t happen all at once. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily... Once you are Real you can’t be ugly. Except to p...
I’m not crying😭😭
When a child really cares for you, not just to play with, but loves you from the heart, then you become Real.This tale is SO familiar, I really didn't feel the need to read it again, yet the illustrations in this version are too lush, and positively VELVETY to miss!I'm guessing . . . oil pastels? Anyway, Komako Sakai's beautiful art brings the classic story to life, but making everything so darned real.This one should be treasured, and read again, and again. (And, just try NOT getting tears on i...
The illustrations are gorgeous. This is a simpler retelling of the story. I prefer the gorgeous language of the original and find that a much more loving version. I'd love to see these illustrations with the original language.
well! I expected this to be a long sweet story and I just finished it.Very sweet, wish I had read it as a child.
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The classic children's story is retold in this beautiful version by Komako Sakai. The Velveteen Rabbit is one of children's and adult's favorite Nursery tales. The illustrations are Impressionistic like in the way that they are drawn. The little stuffed rabbit goes through many adventures with his master, the little boy. After the boy is sick, and the doctor says to get rid of all the toys in the nursery, this is when the magic happens. The little rabbit becomes "Real"! He hops off into the fore...
This was not the version that I read with the kids, but Goodreads does not seem to have the version we read that was illustrated by Elizabeth Miles. The illustrations were soft, detailed and beautiful. Because of the movie, many people know this story. It is not one that I relate to much but the kids find it sad when the boy loses his favorite toy to the burn pile due to it being covered in scarlet fever germs. I never was attached to a stuffed animal. What the boy doesn't know is that he turns
This is one of a handful of Children's books which has maintained it's magic over the years. I had the opportunity to read this (with a few other picture books, those I rated but didn't add to the years reading list, this one I did!) Anyway still a beautiful story and well worth reading all over again.
