darrahsteffenwrites's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful nostalgic story about the love between a child and their stuffed animal.
khorrocks's review against another edition
4.0
A sweet children's story about a boy and his stuffed rabbit. It's a story about the profound effects of being loved.
I never read this story as a child (or I can't remember it), and I'm glad I read it now. Such a sweet message.
“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”
I never read this story as a child (or I can't remember it), and I'm glad I read it now. Such a sweet message.
“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”
kara_a's review against another edition
5.0
A pleasure to read and re-read. This time it was with my six-year-old son. He gave it five stars “because it’s the best book in the world.” He also says it’s the saddest book in the world, and he might not be wrong.
anasir's review against another edition
5.0
5/5 stars
This short book left me crying! there are some children's book that leave a much more profound impact when you read them as adults, this is one of them. You can truly understand the message with an adult's perspective! loved it.
“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 your 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.”
This short book left me crying! there are some children's book that leave a much more profound impact when you read them as adults, this is one of them. You can truly understand the message with an adult's perspective! loved it.
“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 your 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.”
gabymoonc's review against another edition
5.0
4.8
Los cuentos de niños siempre llegan a lo mas profundo de mi corazón, me hacen reflexionar acerca de la vida y los pequeños detalles que se pierden en el ajetreo del día a día. Cuando acabe este libro estaba llorando, pero solo un poco jajaja, esta historia me recordó mucho a mi infancia, yo amaba los peluches, me dio mucha nostalgia.
Es una historia corta que refleja el amor, para mi no solo amor de relaciones sino de amistades o familiar, como ese amor muchas veces nos hace sentir vivos, como evoluciona y así como empezó un día puede acabar, las personas van y vienen pero los recuerdos son los que quedan. También toca temas de sueños, vulnerabilidad, de personas que siempre intentaran hacerte sentir mal y de como a pesar de todo hay que intentar ser real y ser tu mismo y como nos sentimos de esa forma cuando hay alguien que nos ama.
Los cuentos de niños siempre llegan a lo mas profundo de mi corazón, me hacen reflexionar acerca de la vida y los pequeños detalles que se pierden en el ajetreo del día a día. Cuando acabe este libro estaba llorando, pero solo un poco jajaja, esta historia me recordó mucho a mi infancia, yo amaba los peluches, me dio mucha nostalgia.
Es una historia corta que refleja el amor, para mi no solo amor de relaciones sino de amistades o familiar, como ese amor muchas veces nos hace sentir vivos, como evoluciona y así como empezó un día puede acabar, las personas van y vienen pero los recuerdos son los que quedan. También toca temas de sueños, vulnerabilidad, de personas que siempre intentaran hacerte sentir mal y de como a pesar de todo hay que intentar ser real y ser tu mismo y como nos sentimos de esa forma cuando hay alguien que nos ama.
jessicamichelle15's review against another edition
5.0
No matter how old you are, you can always learn a thing or two from this book.
kakolar's review against another edition
5.0
Decided to reread as an adult because I loved this book as a child. Still such a lovely story that gives me all the same comforting feelings. One of my all time favorite books!