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Velveteen rabbit 44 editions

Cover of: Velveteen rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco, Margery Williams Bianco
About the Book

The Rabbit in the stocking isn't as expensive as the other toys: he's covered in velveteen. On Christmas Day, the Boy enjoys his new toy but then quickly forgets and neglects him. Shunned and unsure, the Velveteen Rabbit questions his worth. Should he even becalled a real toy? An answer comes from his friend, the Skin Horse: "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." The Velveteen Rabbit's journey through love and loneliness to become who he was really meant to be is a story that inspires us all on our own journey to Real.
The Velveteen Rabbit is a timeless tale of friendship, love, acceptance and honesty. When the world seems uncertain, Margery Williams's classic story reminds all of us what really matters.
The type in this edition has been reset to emphasize the poetry of the language and to bring out the depth of sentiment in the story. William Nicholson's 1922 illustrations, which have delighted generations of readers, are rendered in full-color just as they appeared in the original edition of The Velveteen Rabbit. Together words and pictures create a world so much like our own, and yet so delightfully magical.

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44 editions First published in 1922

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1900 (ca 1958), Doubleday & Company, Inc.
The velveteen rabbit, or, how toys become real.
in English
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1970, Doubleday
The velveteen rabbit
in English
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1974, Press of A. Colish
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
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1975, Avon
The velveteen rabbit
in English
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1975, Avon
The velveteen rabbit
in English
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1981, Running Press
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
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1983, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
1983, D.R. Godine
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English - 1st ed.
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1983, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
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1983, Little Simon
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
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1985, Knopf, Distributed by Random House
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
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1986, Derrydale Books, Distributed by Crown Pub.
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
Cover of: The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
1986, Derrydale Books, Distributed by Crown Pub.
The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
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1987, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English - 1st HBJ ed.
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1987, Platt & Munk
The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
Cover of: The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
1987, Platt & Munk
The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
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1989, Running Press
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English - A Running Press miniature ed.
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1989, Worthington Press
The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
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1990, B. Shackman
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
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1991, Andrews and McMeel
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
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1991, Creative Education
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
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1991, Andrews and McMeel
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
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1991, Unicorn Pub. House
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
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1992, Troll Associates
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
Cover of: El conejo de terciopelo
1992, Editorial Everest
El conejo de terciopelo
in Spanish - 1a ed.
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1994, Creative Education
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
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1994, Running Press Book Publishers
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
Cover of: El conejito de pana, o, Cómo los juguetes se volvieron de verdad
1995, Grosset & Dunlap
El conejito de pana, o, Cómo los juguetes se volvieron de verdad
in Spanish - Ed. abreviada.
Cover of: The Velveteen Rabbit
December 1995, Tide-Mark Press, Ltd.
The Velveteen Rabbit
Hardcover in English - Standard edition
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1996, Hyperion Books for Children
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English - 1st ed.
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October 1997, Trafalgar Square
The Velveteen Rabbit
Hardcover in English - New Ed edition
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1997, Courage Books
Velveteen Rabbit, or, how toys become real
in English - Children's classic ed.
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1998, Grosset & Dunlap
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
Cover of: The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
1998, Hyperion Books for Children
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How toys become real
in English
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October 2001, Dalmatian Press
The Velveteen Rabbit
Board book in English
Cover of: El conejo de peluche
2002, Vicens Vives
El conejo de peluche
in Spanish - 1a ed.
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2004, Abdo Pub.
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English
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2005, Health Communications, Inc.
The Velveteen Rabbit
electronic resource in English
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2005, Health Communications
The Velveteen Rabbit
in English

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February 13, 2012 Edited by 99.15.118.191 Added new cover
January 26, 2012 Edited by EdwardBot add books to in library lending
November 4, 2011 Edited by EdwardBot remove 'in fiction' subjects
October 6, 2011 Edited by 192.122.237.11 Added new cover
December 9, 2009 Created by WorkBot add works page