Who is Margery Williams | Beloved Author of The Velveteen Rabbit
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Loss Informed Writer's Work
Williams transformed loss into literature and wrote about the mutability that shapes our lives. We pay a heavy price in heartache and loss in our bid to become authentic.
In her classic children's story, The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real, Williams spotlights the Skin Horse as mentor to the Velveteen Rabbit, whose human set the soft bunny aside in favor of jazzier toys. The older toy used to have hair but he had loved so much that the fur rubbed off. And so he inspires with acceptance of his plight and his kindness to even undeserving toys. The Skin Horse chooses to love.
Similarly, by the time we humans become real, we've lost our hair and become rather disheveled. Let's hope that, like the Velveteen Rabbit, we reach our twilight years shedding real tears and smiling authentic smiles. Most of all, that we choose love.
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lara604/ / CC BY 2.0
Margery Williams
Born July 22, 1861
London, England UK
Died September 4, 1944
New York, New York USA
Bunny with His Eyes Loved Off
The Skin Horse Saw a Stuffed Animal with Potential
Old Stuffed Bunny
Some Toys Learn to Stay Quiet
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lara604/ / CC BY 2.0. The photographer notes that her photos of childhood toys were published in a Norwegian book by Vega Forlag (This bunny was her friend's old toy).
The Velveteen Rabbit
By Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit
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This edition of the classic book includes illustrations by William Nicholson, who was the illustrator for the first edition published by Avon Books in 1922.
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- The velveteen rabbit; or, How toys become real | Internet Archive
- You can read the 1922 first edition of The Velveteen Rabit online, flipping through the pages like a virtual book. Enjoy the original illustrations by William Nicholson.
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco - Project Gutenberg
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- Fairs, fests and family fun
- "The Velveteen Rabbit," Tesago Elementary School, 970 Route 146, Clifton Park When: 7 pm Notes: Presented by the Shenendehowa Tesago Elementary Drama Club. ? Volkswalk Slingerlands, Price Chopper, 1395 New Scotland Ave, Slingerlands When: 9 am and 6 ...
- 2012 Cappies nominees
- Here are the 2012 Cappies nominees: Best play The Crucible, St. Albert Catholic High School Pump Up The Volume (School Edition), Austin O'Brien High School Noises Off, St. Joseph High School The Velveteen Rabbit, Archbishop Jordan High School Best ...
- Letting a child surf smut in a public library is plain obscene
- Imagine, for a minute, a man sitting in a public library soaking up all the dirty delights the Internet offers - except kiddie porn, which is illegal - as book-loving cherubs wander by on their way to check out "The Velveteen Rabbit.
- The Music Hall: Explore + Learn Program Presents 18th Annual School Days Series
- The upcoming season features new shows based on best-selling books like Martha Speaks, along with a classic favorite The Velveteen Rabbit, and the return of a couple favorites: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle and If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
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Blog Posts about The Velveteen Rabbit
- Fairs, fests and family fun
- "The Velveteen Rabbit," Tesago Elementary School, 970 Route 146, Clifton Park When: 7 pm Notes: Presented by the Shenendehowa Tesago Elementary Drama Club. ? Volkswalk Slingerlands, Price Chopper, 1395 New Scotland Ave, Slingerlands When: 9 am and 6 ...
- 2012 Cappies nominees
- Here are the 2012 Cappies nominees: Best play The Crucible, St. Albert Catholic High School Pump Up The Volume (School Edition), Austin O'Brien High School Noises Off, St. Joseph High School The Velveteen Rabbit, Archbishop Jordan High School Best ...
- Letting a child surf smut in a public library is plain obscene
- Imagine, for a minute, a man sitting in a public library soaking up all the dirty delights the Internet offers - except kiddie porn, which is illegal - as book-loving cherubs wander by on their way to check out "The Velveteen Rabbit.
- The Music Hall: Explore + Learn Program Presents 18th Annual School Days Series
- The upcoming season features new shows based on best-selling books like Martha Speaks, along with a classic favorite The Velveteen Rabbit, and the return of a couple favorites: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle and If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
The Velveteen Rabbit
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Meryl Streep Reads The Velveteen Rabbit
Part of the Story with Animated Drawings
Told by Meryl Streep
Music by George Winston
Illustrated by David Jorgensen
Awards:
1986
Grammy Award Nomination - Best Recording for Children
Action For Children's Television (ACT) Award
American Film Festival - Finalist
CINE Golden Eagle Award
Parents' Choice - Parents' Choice Award for Recording
1985
National Association of Record Manufacturers (NARM) - Best Selling Children's Album
New York International Film & TV Festival - Gold Medal
Chicago International Film Festival - Silver Plaque
Birmingham International Educational Film Festival - Best Early Childhood Videotape
American Film Festival - Finalist
Houston International Film Festival - Finalist
Redbook Magazine - Listed among the 15 best illustrated children's books
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Bunny in the Wild
Did The Velveteen Rabbit Change Your Life?
Margery Williams Taught Me that Love Makes You Real
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hlkljgk Nov 22, 2010 @ 8:56 pm | delete
- i just love the velveteen rabbit. :)
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KarenTBTEN
Nov 21, 2010 @ 12:43 am | delete
- it's interesting knowing the background about the author's life, and how it may have shaped her writing. I've featured this as "More About the Author" on my Velveteen Rabbit lens. You're right -- the two lenses are closely related.
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Sylvestermouse
Nov 20, 2010 @ 9:35 pm | delete
- Hear, hear! I definitely choose love! I have read the Velveteen Rabbit a hundred times over my lifetime. It is always a favorite! Fabulous!
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nightcats
Nov 19, 2010 @ 10:48 pm | delete
- The Velveteen Rabbit it one of the greatest children's books ever published. I remember searching high and low for the perfect copy to give my granddaughter for her 6th birthday.
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Nov 19, 2010 @ 8:49 pm | delete
- I love The Velveteen Rabbit and make a point of reading to all the little ones in my extended family. I'm also the proud mother of seven rescue/adandoned rabbits who's combined love make me feel very lucky and very real.
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RebeccaE
Oct 1, 2010 @ 11:06 am | delete
- out of all teh books I read to my kids, this by far is my personal favorite, but it is in a way a sad story with a beautiful ending.
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louiswery
Oct 1, 2010 @ 11:11 am | delete
- I find the story resonating even more as I grow older. Sad yet comforting. Thank you for commenting.
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Jimmie
Sep 17, 2010 @ 12:21 am | delete
- We are fans of the Velveteen Rabbit story here, so we often say that something is "real" when it's very love-worn.
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louiswery
Sep 17, 2010 @ 6:33 am | delete
- We grew up on this story, too. I like your word "love-worn." That's a much better attribute than "worn out"! Thank you for commenting.
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