The Velveteen Rabbit Hardcover - 2017

Name: The Velveteen Rabbit [Hardcover] Williams, Margery and Nicholson, William S.
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Author: Williams, Margery
ISBN: 9781944686468

by Williams, Margery

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About this book

The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real, is the story of a toy rabbit who wants to become real through the love of his owner. The stuffed rabbit is overlooked by the boy whom he is given, the boy preferring to play with more mechanical and sophisticated toys than the simple stuffed rabbit. The rabbit holds onto a story told to him by the oldest and wisest toy in the nursery, the skin horse, about how toys can become real through love. Eventually, the boy becomes attached to the soft doll, but after developing scarlet fever the doctor orders the boy sent away to recover and all his toys and belonging burnt. The rabbit is so sad over his separation from the boy he begins to cry and sheds a real tear - after which the nursery fairy appears to turn him into a real rabbit.

It has been adapted many times into television, film and onto the stage. The National Education Association listed it among the top 100 books for teachers of children in 2007.

Author Margery Williams’ first children’s book, The Velveteen Rabbit was published in 1922 by George H. Doran Company in London and has remained in print continuously since, owing to its popularity as a story of the power of enduring love.

First Edition Identification

The UK printing and the US printing occurred simultaneously and feature yellow-tan pictorial boards picturing a rabbit and seven chromolithographs by William Nicholson (later issues contained reproductions of these). One of the most coveted children’s books for collectors, copies in a dust jacket often appear for over $5,000, with pristine copies well exceeding $15,000.

Details

Title The Velveteen Rabbit
Author Williams, Margery
Binding Hardcover
Edition Reissue
Pages 46
Language ENG
Publisher Racehorse for Young Readers
Date 2017-03
ISBN 9781944686468

About the author

Margery Williams was born in July of 1882. She was an English-American author of numerous novels and children's books, most notably The Velveteen Rabbit. She is also the author of The Little Wooden Doll, The Skin Horse, as well as many other highly regarded children's works. She passed away in 1944, just before the end of World War II. Sir William Nicholson was a renowned English illustrator and artist, who both supplied illustrations for children's literature as well as wrote it himself. In addition to providing the illustrations for The Velveteen Rabbit, he authored two children's books entitled Clever Bill and The Pirate Twins. Nicholson also worked in other areas of design, including theater set design; he designed the original set for Peter Pan in 1904. In the 1928 Summer Olympics, Nicholson was awarded a gold medal for his graphic work in the Arts competitions. He passed away in May of 1949.