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K-3
Translated by Yuki Kaneko.
Reteller and illustrator Sakai trims the Velveteen Rabbit's story--about a toy rabbit who becomes real through the love of a boy--to an overlong but readable picture book. Kaneko's translation from the Japanese is stiff, but Sakai's rough-textured full-page illustrations, which have the look of pastels, are a good match for the realistic and imaginative elements of the child-friendly story.