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A few weeks ago the little ones and I began to add Spring and Easter bedtime story books to our routine. \u00a0Experiencing an Arctic blast here in the Northeast, I found it very promising to read stories about springtime. \u00a0Many of the stories were about bunnies, ducks and the rebirth experienced each spring.<\/p>\n
Along the bunny theme we recently were sent the beautiful Deluxe Gift Edition of The Velveteen Rabbit<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0The first time we read it, my little guys were all ears (no pun intended). They wanted to know why all the boys things needed to be burned because of germs, and wondered why they couldn’t just wash them. \u00a0They were very glad to know the Velveteen Rabbit was not burned and was made real because he had been so special to the boy. \u00a0This is a delightful story to share with your children or to give as a gift. \u00a0Would make a beautiful addition to put in an Easter basket!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A deluxe gift edition of one of the most beloved children’s stories. With illustrations remastered from a 1922 first edition and a beautiful cloth binding with gold accents, this lovingly reconstructed classic is the ideal collectible gift for baby showers, birthdays, and holidays throughout the year. Includes a book plate for personalizing your gift.<\/p>\n 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, here is a timeless tale about the magic of boundless love, newly available with the luminous color of the original edition.<\/p>\n Excerpt From The Book:<\/p>\n “What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room.\u00a0\u00a0“Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”<\/p>\n “Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse.\u00a0\u00a0“It’s a thing that happens to you.\u00a0\u00a0When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”<\/p>\n “Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.<\/p>\n “Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful.\u00a0\u00a0“When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”<\/p>\n “Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”<\/p>\n “It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse.\u00a0\u00a0“You become.\u00a0\u00a0It takes a long time.\u00a0\u00a0That’s why it doesn’t often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.\u00a0\u00a0Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.\u00a0\u00a0But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mommyramblings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Velveteen-Rabit-Gift-Edition-Random-House.jpg?resize=260%2C320\")
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