Image: Penguin Random House
Happy Thursday! The weather during my break has been dreary and rainy. It's another gray day for me today. #tbt features The Velveteen Rabbit written by Margery Williams and originally illustrated by William Nicholson in 1922. The Velveteen Rabbit was Ms. Williams' children's debut and has remained in print for 100 years! The book has been reissued many times with different illustrators interpretting the story, so if you have the book in your home library collection, your cover may be different. In fact, several publishers are releasing 100th anniversary editions, one featuring the original artwork.
The Velveteen Rabbit is the story of a well-loved toy rabbit who wants to know what "real" is after he is left behind in the garden and told by real rabbits that he is not real. I cannot read this one aloud without tearing up. It's such a beautiful story.
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