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The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since. The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book and it was the most popular of all her children's books. It has been awarded the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award.

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  • The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since. The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book and it was the most popular of all her children's books. It has been awarded the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award.
  • The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since. The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book. It has been awarded the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award.
  • The book's title character and protagonist is a stuffed toy rabbit. For some time, the Velveteen Rabbit is completely ignored by his owner, a young boy. The Rabbit spends most of his time in the company of other toys, mostly clockworks ones, most of which look down on him. All of the clockwork toys insist that they are not toys at all and that they are Real. The only friend that the Velveteen Rabbit has is an old toy horse. The toy horse tells the Rabbit that being Real and being clockwork are not the same thing. The horse goes on to explain that toys become Real when children love them very much. When the Boy rediscovers the Velveteen Rabbit, he quickly falls in love with him. After some time, the Boy declares that the Rabbit is not a toy but Real. Soon afterwards, however, the Velveteen
  • The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. The story revolves around a stuffed rabbit that wishes to be a real rabbit, and he believes that his dream can be achieved through his owner’s love. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since. The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book and it was the most popular of all her children's books. It has been awarded the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award.
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  • The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since. The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book and it was the most popular of all her children's books. It has been awarded the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award.
  • The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. The story revolves around a stuffed rabbit that wishes to be a real rabbit, and he believes that his dream can be achieved through his owner’s love. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since. The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book and it was the most popular of all her children's books. It has been awarded the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award. The Velveteen Rabbit was adapted into a video recording in 1985 by Random House Video; narrated by Meryl Streep, with music by George Winston. It received a Parents' Choice Award for Multimedia and was a Grammy award nominee. In 1976 it was very loosely adapted into the Rankin/Bass Productions Holiday Special, The First Easter Rabbit. In 1984 it was part of the "Enchanted Musical Playhouse" series, where Marie Osmond played the part of the Velveteen Rabbit. In 2003 it was also adapted into a clay-animated film by Xyzoo Animation.
  • The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real is a children's novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real through the love of his owner. The book was first published in 1922 and has been republished many times since. The Velveteen Rabbit was Williams' first children's book. It has been awarded the IRA/CBC Children's Choice award.
  • The book's title character and protagonist is a stuffed toy rabbit. For some time, the Velveteen Rabbit is completely ignored by his owner, a young boy. The Rabbit spends most of his time in the company of other toys, mostly clockworks ones, most of which look down on him. All of the clockwork toys insist that they are not toys at all and that they are Real. The only friend that the Velveteen Rabbit has is an old toy horse. The toy horse tells the Rabbit that being Real and being clockwork are not the same thing. The horse goes on to explain that toys become Real when children love them very much. When the Boy rediscovers the Velveteen Rabbit, he quickly falls in love with him. After some time, the Boy declares that the Rabbit is not a toy but Real. Soon afterwards, however, the Velveteen Rabbit finds out that, although he is Real to the Boy, he is rot necessarily seen as such by anyone else. The story has been adapted for film and television.
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