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SheilaT

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9. "Velveteen Rabbit" actually came out in 1922.

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:52 PM

Jan 2013

I didn't discover it until some 60 years later, when my oldest was born, so no surprise you didn't have it as a child. It is somehow obscure, and doesn't seem to make it onto a lot of best books for kids lists, but it's wonderful.

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What books do / did you love reading to your kids? [View all] klook Jan 2013 OP

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Oh, yes! Another favorite. klook Jan 2013 #2

I was going to say that as well gollygee Feb 2013 #11

Well, you just had me on a trip down memory lane. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #3

Wow, that looks like a great series! klook Jan 2013 #4

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Oh, so many. SheilaT Jan 2013 #6

Oh "Black Beauty" was one of my favorites when I was older. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #7

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