velveteen

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The pair become inseparable, and the Velveteen Rabbit’s wear and tear begin to show as his stuffing falls out and his velvet coating becomes spotty.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

When the Velveteen Rabbit is talking to the Wise Horse and the other toys in the playroom, the action is 3-D.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

In “Just like Velveteen Rabbit, Mech Standing,” the largest and center panel, the mech’s beatific pose echoes an obscure, winged shape sketched into the pulsing lavender shadows in butter yellow and grass.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

He released more than a dozen solo piano albums, along with soundtracks for the TV miniseries “This Is America, Charlie Brown” and “The Velveteen Rabbit,” which featured Meryl Streep’s narration of the children’s classic.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023

He toddled over to his diaper bag, and came back with a battered book, a copy of The Velveteen Rabbit that had belonged to his grandfather and his mother and Ivy and Lucinda before him.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix