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Happy Wednesday! My Christmas break is waning and the weather has been ick - cloudy, drizzly and not conducive to long walks with the hound. I have however, been fairly productive indoors, cleaning out closets, tossing out my husband's Nat Geo mags that he saved from the fifties. Those things are hefty! I had to split them up over many garbage cans for the recycling truck. The crew got angry at me last fall when I made the cans too heavy with paper.
In #nevertoooldforpicturebook news, Waiting on Wednesday features The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. Wait, you might be asking, wasn't that published a long time ago? You are correct and also have a hint to what's being featured in tomorrow's #tbt post. The book is celebrating its centenary in April and Caldecott-winning artist, Erin Stead illustrated this edition. She won her Caldecott Award for her very first book, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, which was written by her husband Philip. Earlier this year, the couple published a sequel, Amos McGee Misses the Bus.
Here's the publisher synopsis: A cherished, 100-year-old classic gets a fresh and breath-taking new look with brilliant art by Caldecott Medal winner Erin Stead, who has cited this story as an influence on her acclaimed career.
With the full, original story from the 1922 classic, this deluxe, collectable new edition of The Velveteen Rabbit will be the go-to gift for baby showers, birthdays, weddings, and holidays throughout the year.
At first a brand-new toy, now a threadbare and discarded nursery relic, the velveteen rabbit is saved from peril by a magic fairy who whisks him away to the idyllic world of Rabbitland. There, he becomes “Real,” a cherished childhood companion who will be loved for eternity. Treasured for generations, and given new life from one of today’s most exciting children’s book creators, here is a timeless tale of boundless love.
With the full, original story from the 1922 classic, this deluxe, collectable new edition of The Velveteen Rabbit will be the go-to gift for baby showers, birthdays, weddings, and holidays throughout the year.
At first a brand-new toy, now a threadbare and discarded nursery relic, the velveteen rabbit is saved from peril by a magic fairy who whisks him away to the idyllic world of Rabbitland. There, he becomes “Real,” a cherished childhood companion who will be loved for eternity. Treasured for generations, and given new life from one of today’s most exciting children’s book creators, here is a timeless tale of boundless love.
The Velveteen Rabbit will release on April 5. Happy reading! Remember, you're never too old for picture books!
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