The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Velveteen Rabbit
Book Review: *|* Imaginative *|*
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Book Review: ...
Summary: 5 Stars
There is definately a touch of sadness to "The Velveteen Rabbit," and yet there is a lot of joy, too. Margery Williams manages to tap into our emotions to make us feel the scope of the different feelings presented.
Yes, we feel sad when the rabbit is tossed in the trash to get burned. Sure, we feel awkward when two real rabbits ask where his hind legs are. But does that not make his final transformation that much better?
That is set up in the begining discussion with Skin Horse, who says, "When you are real, you don't mind being hurt." REAL is the ultimate. It's what you strive for. Yes, there will be pain but that will be followed by joy.
Read this classic and learn from it.
(Also reccomended is Hoban's "The Mouse and His Child" and "The Velveteen Priciples: A Guide To Becoming Real" by Toni Raiten-D'Antonio.)
Book Review: A Taste of Heaven
Summary: 5 Stars
This story could easily be entitled: How things are and how they ought to be. The insights into relationships and friendships are profound and memorable. It is and always will be a classic, and one of my all-time favorite stories.Book Review: A Timeless Masterpiece. You MUST Own This Book.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Velveteen Rabbit will always be one of the most treasured children's books of all time. I've read the book many times at various stages of my childhood, and now that I'm 22-years-old, I find that this timeless story isn't just for children.This, of course, is the story of a stuffed toy rabbit who seems to have a life of his own. "The Boy" finds the rabbit in his stocking at Christmas. After playing with him for a short time, the rabbit is put away on a shelf where he is to stay for an extended period of time. While on that shelf, he befriends a fellow stuffed toy animal called the Skin Horse. The horse tells the rabbit all about what it means to become "real", and the rabbit is quickly enamored by this aspiration. One day, the rabbit is taken off the shelf and given to the boy who cuddles with him every night and takes him wherever he goes during the day. The rabbit feels truly loved, and is thrilled when the boy tells him that he's real. There's a touching part of the story where the rabbit toy is confronted by two real rabbits who tease him about being just a toy, and he vehemently maintains that he, too, is real because "the boy said so."
I'm not going to give away the ending, but I have to admit that I felt the same lump in my throat while reading this book now as I did when I first read it many years ago. I know of college students who've had to read this book for class. There's a great deal to be learned here about beauty and love. While the story remains the same, the message changes as one grows older.
This book is a definite necessity for anyone's personal library.
Book Review: A book for all ages ...
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book years ago at the home of a child for whom I was babysitting. Recently I remembered it and read it to my 9 year old granddaughter and my 7 year old grandson, and we all enjoyed it very much. Its message spans the generations.