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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bagram Ibatoulline, honors the enduring power of love.
"Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart. . . ."
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was own...more
"Someone will come for you, but first you must open your heart. . . ."
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was own...more
Hardcover, 200 pages
Published
February 14th 2006
by Candlewick Press
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Nov 02, 2007
Lizzie
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
children, people who have/work with children, people looking for ways to explain the selfless love
Shelves:
childrensrereads
I looked forward to reading this book because, as the review on goodreads of Edward Tulane says, Kate DiCamillo is an incomparable children's author, and I have loved and cried over The Tale of Despereaux and The Tiger Rising in the middle of the Borders Cafe before. Edward's journey is miraculous in that the little china rabbit from which the book gets its name learns to love out of his many losses, which starts with losing his straw hat and ends with losing his hardened heart. Take the velvete...more
Lovely illustrations throughout.
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I was just trapped underground on a backed up metro train for an hour. Never have I minded, or noticed, a terrible commute less.
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This story reminded me of "The Velveteen Rabbit". A little less magical, perhaps, but I appreciated the story of a rabbit who, instead of starting out full of love, learns to love and be loved until at the end of the story, he comes full circle. Easy reading, and could be a good one for reading out loud.
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I first read a library copy of this book several years ago to my oldest son, after it was recommended to me by my sister-in-law and having previously read Kate DiCamillo's Mercy Watson series for beginning readers as well as The Tale of Despereaux.
Recently, I picked up a copy of this book along with The Magician's Elephant, yet another gem by the same author, to have at home for the kiddos.
In between books, I decided to re-read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane while doing my morning walk...more
Recently, I picked up a copy of this book along with The Magician's Elephant, yet another gem by the same author, to have at home for the kiddos.
In between books, I decided to re-read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane while doing my morning walk...more
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What a beautiful story. I read it with my 8 year old daughter and more than once it brought a tear to my eye. It is the story of Edward Tulane, the china rabbit, who while passing from owner to owner (companions really, as he comes to love them) endures great love and great tragedy. He learns that no matter what happens in life it is most important to open your heart....let yourself love and be loved.
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I have to say that I am quite fond of Kate DiCamillo's writing, and Maggie and I very much enjoyed reading this book together. Oh, but it was exquisitely and simultaneously joyful and sad. Maggie even asked me later last night, after we had finished the book and she was getting ready to brush her teeth, "Why do people write about sad things, Mom?" Ah - innocence slips away in small parcels. Then again, when I read her The Velveteen Rabbit, B actually came running into the room to find out what w...more
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Nah berhubung udah lama banget nggak baca buku, aku kali ini mau review buku karangannya Kate DiCamillo yang berjudul The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Dulu beli buku ini di pameran buku di Gedung Gramedia Jalan Panjang bulan Desember kemarin. Ini buku aku beli karena menurut mbak-mbak Gramednya bagus isinya. Aku liat sih emang buku anak-anak dan gambarnya bagussss. Berhubung buku ini lagi diskon, ya aku beli aja.
Ternyata isinya nggak sesimpel yang aku kira. Dan...more
Nah berhubung udah lama banget nggak baca buku, aku kali ini mau review buku karangannya Kate DiCamillo yang berjudul The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Dulu beli buku ini di pameran buku di Gedung Gramedia Jalan Panjang bulan Desember kemarin. Ini buku aku beli karena menurut mbak-mbak Gramednya bagus isinya. Aku liat sih emang buku anak-anak dan gambarnya bagussss. Berhubung buku ini lagi diskon, ya aku beli aja.
Ternyata isinya nggak sesimpel yang aku kira. Dan...more
Loved it! I think I'll pick up a copy to save until my children are older, as the themes do seem to be a little too complex for their sensitivities.
I would recommend, however, reading it rather than listening to the audio version. The narrator attempted to use different voices most of which ended up sounding like Brer Rabbit or the Wicked Witch.
I would recommend, however, reading it rather than listening to the audio version. The narrator attempted to use different voices most of which ended up sounding like Brer Rabbit or the Wicked Witch.
Nov 26, 2008
Meliana
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
everyone in search for love
edward tulane adalah sebuah boneka porselen kelinci yang rupawan dan angkuh. dia hidup dengan kemewahan dan dilimpahi kasih sayang oleh pemiliknya, seorang gadis kecil yang baik hati bernama abilene.
suatu hari edward menghilang. dan dari sanalah, edward belajar mengenal dunia. semua perjalanan edward adalah pelajarannya tentang hidup; perasaan terlantarkan, cinta yang tanpa pamrih, dan kebaikan hati yang meski sederhana, tetap hadir dengan jujur dan tak lekang oleh waktu.
bersama edward tulane, a...more
suatu hari edward menghilang. dan dari sanalah, edward belajar mengenal dunia. semua perjalanan edward adalah pelajarannya tentang hidup; perasaan terlantarkan, cinta yang tanpa pamrih, dan kebaikan hati yang meski sederhana, tetap hadir dengan jujur dan tak lekang oleh waktu.
bersama edward tulane, a...more
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Cinta adalah sesuatu yang harus ditanam dan dipelihara.
Edward baru sadar itu setelah jauh melangkah dalam tahun2 hidupnya.
Edward adalah kelinci porselen milik Abilene, gadis kaya yang tinggal di Egypt Street. Edward memakai pakaian2 mewah, selalu ikut pembicaraan keluarga Abilene saat makan malam, dan diajak bepergian naik kapal melintasi samudera.
Susanna adalah kelinci porselen yang dibawakan nelayan tua Lawrence untuk istrinya Nellie. Susanna diberi gaun jambon, siang hari menemani Nellie mem...more
Edward baru sadar itu setelah jauh melangkah dalam tahun2 hidupnya.
Edward adalah kelinci porselen milik Abilene, gadis kaya yang tinggal di Egypt Street. Edward memakai pakaian2 mewah, selalu ikut pembicaraan keluarga Abilene saat makan malam, dan diajak bepergian naik kapal melintasi samudera.
Susanna adalah kelinci porselen yang dibawakan nelayan tua Lawrence untuk istrinya Nellie. Susanna diberi gaun jambon, siang hari menemani Nellie mem...more
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The first two chapters were very engaging and I thought children would love it. I sent it with Jill on a road trip before reading further. Clay had heard it at school, but Davey hadn't. Clay did not want to hear it again! I'm wondering if there wasn't enough action for him.
I don't know why Clay didn't like it at all, however, I wondered as I read the remaining chapters if it would be a difficult book for children. There are a lot of very hard things that happen to Edward from which he learns ove...more
I don't know why Clay didn't like it at all, however, I wondered as I read the remaining chapters if it would be a difficult book for children. There are a lot of very hard things that happen to Edward from which he learns ove...more
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A miraculous journey, indeed.
I just finished the audio version and my second time through this modern parable about learning to love.
Below is my original review and it still stands.
I can be quite a senimental sap at times and I have not cried this hard for joys mingled with regrets since The Last Battle by C.S. LewisThe Chronicles of Narnia.
I read this book aloud with my 7 yr old son. I think Kate DiCamillo is a special writer because she can write about china rabbits being loved by little girls...more
I just finished the audio version and my second time through this modern parable about learning to love.
Below is my original review and it still stands.
I can be quite a senimental sap at times and I have not cried this hard for joys mingled with regrets since The Last Battle by C.S. LewisThe Chronicles of Narnia.
I read this book aloud with my 7 yr old son. I think Kate DiCamillo is a special writer because she can write about china rabbits being loved by little girls...more
Well-written, beautiful, and somber. This is the story of a china rabbit who learns the true meaning of love. I read this book out loud to my class and truly enjoyed the masterful way that Kate DiCamillo crafts a story. Her word choice and sentence fluency found its way into my writing lesson plans to illustrate some of the possibilities waiting to be found in words.
Would I read it aloud again? Perhaps with older students. My class LOVED this story but it was sad, extremely sad in places. I fou...more
Would I read it aloud again? Perhaps with older students. My class LOVED this story but it was sad, extremely sad in places. I fou...more
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This story is so freakin awesome. It's tender, aww. It's about a china rabbit by the name of Edward Tulane who lives with the girl who made him and her upper-class family. Edward is an incredibly vapid and conceited china rabbit, and thinks himself the best thing to ever sit upon the earth's crust. Abilene, his owner, loves him dearly and treats him as a real person. Edward loves no one but himself, and doesn't care a thing for love anyway. After Abilene's grandmother delivers a cleverly hidden...more
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Mar 12, 2008
(C) Archer at KIPP
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Raul
Recommended to (C) Archer by:
Ruly
Shelves:
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
By Kate Dicamillo
Reviewed by Raul Velázquez, grade 8
Kipp aspire academy, San Antonio, TX
"Please", cried Abilene. “Don’t throw him. He’s made of china. He’ll break. “This is the story of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo. This book is about a china rabbit that is owned by an old lady who passed it on to her niece. Her niece, Abilene loves her china doll rabbit, Edwaed Tulane.
On a bout trip to England, some boys took Edward aw...more
By Kate Dicamillo
Reviewed by Raul Velázquez, grade 8
Kipp aspire academy, San Antonio, TX
"Please", cried Abilene. “Don’t throw him. He’s made of china. He’ll break. “This is the story of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo. This book is about a china rabbit that is owned by an old lady who passed it on to her niece. Her niece, Abilene loves her china doll rabbit, Edwaed Tulane.
On a bout trip to England, some boys took Edward aw...more
Mar 12, 2008
(C) Archer at KIPP
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everybody
Recommended to (C) Archer by:
Celeste Martinez
Shelves:
girls-have-read
I loved this book. The book was about a china rabbit named Edward who goes from family to family meeting new people and living with them. He learns how different people live and how they are.
While staying with them Edward gets used to them, he likes them. He is loved by every person who he stays with and Edward loves them back, but something bad always ends up happening to Edward. Like he’ll get lost and someone new will find him. Edward learns how to love people. He learns how to become attac...more
While staying with them Edward gets used to them, he likes them. He is loved by every person who he stays with and Edward loves them back, but something bad always ends up happening to Edward. Like he’ll get lost and someone new will find him. Edward learns how to love people. He learns how to become attac...more
Jul 26, 2008
Jenny
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Parents reading aloud to their children.
Shelves:
children
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A pampered china rabbit gets tossed into the ocean, is rescued by a fisherman, goes on the road with a hobo, works as a scarecrow and a dancer, comforts a dying girl, has an out-of-body experience, and learns about love and patience and loss. Miraculously (as you would suspect from the title) he comes full circle, a better and a wiser and a more loving rabbit.
This is the book I'd write if I wrote books. I'm guessing some people may think it's too sappy. But I'm the kind of person that will cry at the Olympics when someone's awarded a gold medal so it kind of fits!
What a treat! My daughter and I have read this before together a few years ago and we're rereading it for a mother/daughter book group. We enjoy finding all the different layers and talking about the meanings of happenings, stories and what life is teaching Edward. My daughter begs me to rea...more
What a treat! My daughter and I have read this before together a few years ago and we're rereading it for a mother/daughter book group. We enjoy finding all the different layers and talking about the meanings of happenings, stories and what life is teaching Edward. My daughter begs me to rea...more
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Megan read this with her class and enjoyed it so much that she asked me to read it with her. Although it looks as though it took me 6 weeks to read, I actually read this to myself all within one night. Big print, easy read. She absolutely loved hearing it the first time with her teacher but had no need for me to read the entire thing to her again; she simply wanted to have a book club like discussion about it. It was a good story- and yes, it did give me the chills by the last page. I think it i...more
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This was one of the best books I've read in a long time. Edward is a China rabbit who, as you might surmise, cannot move on his own. He cannot speak, unless it is to the other toys, but he certainly can make his own observations and opinions, and he does, when he cares to spare a thought for someone else.
Often, these thoughts are rude, mightier-than-thou and careless.
Things work out for Edward for a long time. He has lovely suits, he is well taken care of... and then something happens to change...more
Often, these thoughts are rude, mightier-than-thou and careless.
Things work out for Edward for a long time. He has lovely suits, he is well taken care of... and then something happens to change...more
Edward Tulane is a china rabbit, commissioned specially for Abilene Tulane by her grandmother, and he’s one vain bunny. He spends most of his time admiring himself and the fine figure he cuts in his custom-made silk suits. Abilene’s grandmother seems to know Edward’s thoughts are only for himself, for she warns him that without love, he will never be happy. And when Edward is tossed overboard by a couple of kids when he and Abilene are on a cruise he comes to know the truth of it. For the first...more
Genre: Juvenile fiction Reading level: Age 7+
Edward is a pompous, arrogant toy rabbit with a huge sense of self-importance. He is pampered by his wealthy family and loved by the little girl to whom he belongs. The wise elderly woman who purchased Edward for her granddaughter senses his selfish ways. After a bedtime story that foreshadows a less than perfect fate for those who lack love, the grandmother admonishes Edward with the simple words: “You disappoint me”. His life lessons begin when he i...more
Edward is a pompous, arrogant toy rabbit with a huge sense of self-importance. He is pampered by his wealthy family and loved by the little girl to whom he belongs. The wise elderly woman who purchased Edward for her granddaughter senses his selfish ways. After a bedtime story that foreshadows a less than perfect fate for those who lack love, the grandmother admonishes Edward with the simple words: “You disappoint me”. His life lessons begin when he i...more
I read this story to my children. We fell in love with Edward, the china doll rabbit, and his the wonderous adventures he had on his journey.
My children loved this so much, we purchased it and gave a copy to my son's then 2nd grade teacher. She gave it a once over and has added it to her curriculum. The fun thing, she's shared it with the other 2nd grade teachers, who also, have added it to their classroom libraries. They have all stopped to thank me for sharing this book with them.
My children loved this so much, we purchased it and gave a copy to my son's then 2nd grade teacher. She gave it a once over and has added it to her curriculum. The fun thing, she's shared it with the other 2nd grade teachers, who also, have added it to their classroom libraries. They have all stopped to thank me for sharing this book with them.
Simplistically perfect? Perfectly simplistic? The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is both.
“Once, there was a china rabbit who was loved by a little girl. . . . Once, oh marvelous once, there was a rabbit who found his way home.”
A narcissistic china rabbit, who is loved, but does not love in return, Edward has lessons to learn, and he learns them the hard way. And, throughout, the language is perfection.
* “ . . . the china rabbit landed, finally, on the ocean floor, face-down; and there, w...more
“Once, there was a china rabbit who was loved by a little girl. . . . Once, oh marvelous once, there was a rabbit who found his way home.”
A narcissistic china rabbit, who is loved, but does not love in return, Edward has lessons to learn, and he learns them the hard way. And, throughout, the language is perfection.
* “ . . . the china rabbit landed, finally, on the ocean floor, face-down; and there, w...more
My 3rd grade daughter read this book to me. It is a wonderful story about learning to love and never giving up on love.
Edward, a rabbit made of china, is owned by a girl named Abilene who loves him and treats him like a member of the family. But Edward is very self centered. Abilene's grandma tells a story about a princess who never loves anyone, runs away, is turned into a warthog by a witch and is eaten. Edward doesn't pay much attention to the story.
Edward is taken on a trip (by ship) to Engl...more
Edward, a rabbit made of china, is owned by a girl named Abilene who loves him and treats him like a member of the family. But Edward is very self centered. Abilene's grandma tells a story about a princess who never loves anyone, runs away, is turned into a warthog by a witch and is eaten. Edward doesn't pay much attention to the story.
Edward is taken on a trip (by ship) to Engl...more
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo was an outstanding book that was very enjoyable to read. I choose this book because my mom said that she thought I might enjoy this book and I didn't want to be rude by saying no so i gave it a shot. I judge a book by if I am going to enjoy it or not and I took a chance with this book and it payed off. This book is about a stuffed rabbit named Edward who can not talk or do anything magical. He can however think to himself which people obv...more
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Kate DiCamillo spent most of her childhood in the South, and moved to Minnesota when she was in her twenties. She was inspired to write Because of Winn-Dixie, her first novel, during a bout of homesickness one brutally cold winter. The book was an immediate success: it is a Newbery Honor Book, has won more than twenty-five state awards, and has been made into a popular family film. Kate DiCamillo’...more
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“Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)
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“Once there was a princess who was very beautiful. She shone bright as the stars on a moonless night. But what difference did it make that she was beautiful? None. No difference."
Why did it make no difference?" asked Abilene.
Because," said Pellegrina, "She was a princess who loved no one and cared nothing for love, even though there were many who loved her.”
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Why did it make no difference?" asked Abilene.
Because," said Pellegrina, "She was a princess who loved no one and cared nothing for love, even though there were many who loved her.”
