Puffin Book: The Velveteen Rabbit

An all-time favourite classic, first published in 1922 and in print ever since.

Once there was a velveteen rabbit who longed to be Real. He was owned by a boy who loved him more and more every day, even when the rabbit's velveteen coat grew old and shabby and worn. Then one day something magical happened, and the rabbit's wish began to come true...