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John Muir (1838 -1914) was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness areas in the United States. In the late 1800s, Muir made several trips to the relatively unexplored territory of Alaska. Travels in Alaska, originally published in 1915, describes the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness and its inhabitants as observed during his travels between 1879 and 1890. In poetic prose, he describes the area’s magnificent glaciers and its animals like bears, bald eagles, wolves and whales. 

The Velveteen Rabbit, or "How Toys Become Real", is a 1922 British children's book by Margery Williams which tells the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of its owner. The velveteen rabbit, a Christmas gift to a boy, is at first ignored but then becomes the child’s favorite toy. When the boy falls ill with scarlet fever, the doctor orders that all his toys be burnt to minimize infection, and the rabbit ends up in a bag in the garden. As it reflects on its life with the boy, a real tear falls to the ground, and then magic happens....