Best Selling Books by Margery Williams Bianco

The Velveteen Rabbit (1922) is a children’s book by Margery Williams Bianco. Illustrated by renowned British painter William Nicholson, The Velveteen Rabbit has endured as a children’s classic for nearly a century. Adapted numerous times for film and television, Bianco’s heartwarming story is beloved for its universal and timeless morals by children and adults alike. Gifted to a young boy on Christmas day, the velveteen rabbit is soon cast aside for modern, mechanical toys. Left in the nursery, the rabbit meets the wise old Skin Horse, a toy passed down to the boy from his uncle. The Skin Horse tells the rabbit how, when treated with love by their owners, toys are magically granted life. Initially hopeful, the rabbit soon despairs of its lonely stay in the nursery, and longs for a life in the world outside. When the boy’s nanny comes looking for a toy for the boy to sleep with, however, the velveteen rabbit is given a chance to live. The boy soon grows found of the rabbit, taking the toy with him on picnics and trips to the garden, where the velveteen rabbit meets real rabbits and longs even more to join them. When the boy is struck with scarlet fever, however, the doctor orders that all of his belongings must be disinfected or burned, and the velveteen rabbit is placed in a sack and left in the garden overnight. As the rabbit begins to cry, the magic of love begins its work, ensuring the rabbit will not only live, but embark on a wonderful adventure of its own. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Margery Williams Bianco’s The Velveteen Rabbit is a classic of children’s fiction reimagined for modern readers.

Here was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen. On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the Boy''s stocking, with a sprig of holly between his paws, the effect was charming...

The Velveteen Rabbit is not a ''real'' rabbit, like the rabbits he meets in the forest. He has seams and is full of stuffing. Still, the Velveteen Rabbit doesn''t mind as long as the boy who owns him loves him. One of the rabbit''s friends tells him that a toy becomes real if its owner truly loves it. But when the boy leaves home to recover from an illness and is forced to leave his Velveteen Rabbit behind, what will become of his beloved toy? The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a children''s book written by Margery Williams (also known as Margery Williams Bianco) and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his desire 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. Get Your Copy Now.

Still as poignant today as it has ever been, Margery Williams'' The Velveteen Rabbit is one of the best-loved children''s books of all time. In the nursery, only the toys that are old and wise truly understand what it means to be Real. The Velveteen Rabbit, a newcomer to the nursery, asks one of the most knowledgeable toys, the Skin Horse, what being real means. "Real isn''t how you''re made," says the Skin Horse. "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. It doesn''t happen all at once. You become..." And so begins the Velveteen Rabbit''s journey towards becoming real--through the love of a child....

This beautiful edition of the classic story includes 13 full-color illustrations.

Four city-bred children find themselves on their own in an unheated Connecticut farmhouse while their parents are away in this Newbery Medal–winning Honor Book by the author of The Velveteen Rabbit.

Williams beloved classic gets a makeover for the holiday season with a beautiful new festive cover for Christmastime. Illustrated by picture-book great Don Daily, the precious story of a little rabbit stuffed in a stocking as a present and his love for a boy makes a beautiful gift. Full color.

Engaging new illustrations by renowned artist Charles Santore--illustrator of The Night Before Christmas, The Wizard of Oz, Snow White, and many others--reinvigorate the classic children''s story of the Velveteen Rabbit. An oversized heirloom edition with three times as many illustrations as the original edition. Includes embossed and foil cover. Originally published in 1922, the classic story of a toy rabbit who loves a boy so much he eventually becomes real has charmed children--and adults--for nearly a century. This heirloom edition, containing Margery Williams'' original text paired with gorgeous paintings by award-winning illustrator Charles Santore, is sure to be treasured by families for many years to come.

By the time the Velveteen Rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.

After many years in the attic, a doll who fears that she will never again be loved by a child is transformed by her animal friends.

The author of The Velveteen Rabbit returns to the secret life of toys with the rollicking tale of a wooden dog who sets out to explore the world. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

A hurdy-gurdy man and his monkey bring joy to a town too concerned with going about its business to enjoy life.

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-Margery Williams Bianco (July 22, 1881 in London, England - September 4, 1944 in New York City, USA) was an English-American author, primarily of popular children''s books. A professional writer since the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the publication in 1922 of the classic which is her best-known work, The Velveteen Rabbit (1922). She received Newbery''s honor. Born in London, Margery Winifred Williams was born to successful and successful parents. The second daughter of a notable lawyer and renowned classical scholar, she and her sister were encouraged by her father, whom she remembered as a deeply loving and caring father, to read and use her imagination. Writing about his childhood many years later, he recalled how vividly his father described characters from various books.The infinite world of knowledge and adventure that lay on the printed page. He pointed out that the desire to read, which soon turned into a need to write, was a legacy from his father that would be his for life. When Margery was seven years old, her father died suddenly, an event that changed her life and that, in one way or another, would affect all her future creative activity.

By the time the Velveteen Rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.

When his owner grows too old to play with him any more, the Skin Horse is given to a children''s hospital where a sick boy comes to love him.