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what we learn, and re-learn


"You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, 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. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand."
- from the Velveteen Rabbit

Posted by talkingcrow on March 5, 2006 11:40 PM |

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I love coming upon these things in kid's books, and they have such a different depth of meaning now.

Aw. *sniffle*.

Posted by: ginevra | March 6, 2006 09:06 PM

Heh -- I just finished grading a paper in which a student argued (successfully, too) that *The Velveteen Rabbit* has a much more complex portrait of love than *Charlotte's Web*.

Posted by: meg | March 8, 2006 06:34 AM

Awesome blog. Peace out until next time TabathaOster

Posted by: TabathaOster | May 18, 2006 11:09 AM

I too love Children's books. I recently visited my parents new home and they had put aside some boxes of my childhood things. Inside I found an old copy of the Velveteen Rabbit. It is so strange how much I enjoyed rereading it. I found that I relearned and remembered so many important things from reading it. I did some research and found that Feature Family Films is making a production of The Velveteen Rabbit. It is coming out in the Spring of 2009. It's at FamilyTv.Com and I am excited to see how they have portrayed this wonderful family story.

Posted by: rebecca | December 10, 2008 03:24 PM

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