Best Selling Books by Margery Williams Bianco

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.

Margery Williams''s poignant classic about a shabby toy bunny and the little boy who loved him takes on an enchanting new life with the addition of captivating, ready-to-color illustrations by Thea Kliros.

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.

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco