Reviews - The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real

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The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real

“The Velveteen Rabbit” is a beautiful and touching children’s book that I remember my mom read to me when I was little. While I loved this book as a child, I think I love it even more now because I understand the meaning behind it. When you are real and a good person, it doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside and if people judge you for that, they don’t understand who you truly are. “once you are Real, you can’t be ugly”. This is my favorite quote from the book because of how simple and humble it is. This book is filled with sadness, loss, and love. It is heartbreaking but the detail given by the author helps the reader to understand the unconditional love that was shared between the velveteen rabbit and the boy. Like I said before, I would recommend this book to any child without hesitation, but I would also encourage every adult to read it and understand the true meaning behind it as well.

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5.0

I most definitely did not almost cry while I read this, and read it again.

Kidding - this is probably the closest I've come to crying from a story. I don't really cry much while reading, but this one just hit me in the heart so much that the tissues suddenly didn't seem so far away.

If you have children, I'm making it required reading for them. Why should you listen to me? Well, I'd like to think this is a pretty good piece of advice. If you don't have children, just read it for yourself anyway. This story is like the most intense rollercoaster you'll probably ever go on - it's over quickly, but you'll probably remember it forever. Or maybe you won't and maybe I'm just all mushy and sentimental about this one.