The Velveteen Rabbit

Description

A velveteen rabbit arrives among a young boy’s toys, plain beside the mechanical playthings that boast of their modern parts. From the old Skin Horse, the Rabbit learns that a toy can become Real when a child loves it deeply and for a long time. The boy’s growing affection gives the Rabbit the life he longs for, even as play wears away his fur and shape. When illness brings strict orders to destroy the child’s shabby belongings, that hard-won bond faces its greatest threat. Told with the directness of a nursery tale and the ache of remembered childhood, the story considers how love transforms, marks, and gives value to fragile things.

Themes