The Velveteen Rabbit by Magery Williams, Margery Williams Bianco (1991, Hardcover, Reissue)

The Velveteen Rabbit is a tender story of a stuffed rabbit. I suppose it could be called the Life and Times of the Velveteen Rabbit. However, the Velveteen Rabbit appears to be merely a child's tale, it is a commentary on life. It explains the how's and why's in some of life's deepest darkest secrets. Basically, through the wisdom of older and wiser toys, the stuffed rabbit begins to understand what it means to be loved. How love can sometime hurt and how sometimes that hurt is what lets you know that you've been loved. At the end of our lives we all will show the wear and tear of being loved and if we've loved well, we'll go on living in the hearts and minds of those whose lives we've touched and those we've been touched by.

The story is absolutly adorable. It brought back memories of my childhood. It touches the heart and I recomend it to anyone who believes in dreams coming true.