Fantasy

Title: Velveteen Rabbit (The Classic Edition)

Author: Margery Williams Bianco

Illustrator: Charles Santore

Publisher:  George H. Doran Company

Publication Date: 1922

ISBN: 978-1-60464-032-8d

Summary: This book is a great book about a boy who is given a stuffed rabbit sewn from Velveteen as a Christmas present. The boy plays with the bunny temporally until he forgets about it and goes on to play with more modern and mechanical toys. After some time, the bunny meets the boy’s uncle skin horse, who tells the bunny about the magic of becoming real due to love from children. The rabbit is awed by this idea and wants nothing more but to be loved and real. One night, the boy’s nana gives the boy the rabbit to sleep with in place of a lost toy. The rabbit eventually became the boy’s favorite toy and began to spend a lot of time with the boy. In the summer, the boy meets some real rabbits that learns that he cannot hop like them and tells him that he is not real. One day she comes down with scarlet fever and the doctor tells the boy that he must disinfect his room by burning his books, including his velveteen rabbit. The rabbit is then bundled into a sack and left out in the garden overnight, where he sadly reflects on his life with his boy. The rabbit spent the night crying and a real tear came out, as well as a flower appears from the ground. A fair steps out of the flower and tells the rabbit that she will take him away from the boy and make him real to everyone. The rabbit eventually becomes real and then returns to the boy, who recognize him and see a resemblance to his old velveteen rabbit.

Personal Statement:  This book is by far one of the lengthiest children book in my collection. Although this book is a fantasy genre, it is a great book for both children and adult to read because it has so many deep lessons. The reason why this book deserves to be in your classroom collection is because the story is very simple and relatable and the ending when the boy finds his way back to the boy just hits you. This book Is worth reading because everything about the book is so heartfelt and you will find yourself getting lost in the book.

Rate: 5 out of 5