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Feb 03, 2012

lita rated it:

Abilene took him as her little brother,
but Edward Tulane never listened to a word she said.

Lawrence and Nellie took him as their daughter,
but Edward Tulane complained about lack of elegance and artistry.

Bull and Lucy took him as their companion,
Edward Tulane started feeling grateful.

Just when he was in the arms of Sarah Ruth,
Edward Tulane wanted to do more for her.

Why most people just realize how much they have been loved by More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Lizzie rated it:

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 velve More...

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Aug 24, 2008

Eve rated it:

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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Nov 23, 2008

KristenR rated it:

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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Feb 19, 2009

Qt rated it:

A beautifully written and deceptively simple tale of loving, with lovely illustrations throughout. It is kind of a sad book, or at least, it has sad parts, and at times does not have the happy-ever-after feel that I tend to prefer ;-) It didn't depress me, but it did, at times, leave me with an unresolved feeling. I kind of had hoped for something a bit more in-depth, but then, perhaps the story's simplicity is what makes it work.

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Feb 20, 2008

Amy rated it:

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 f More...

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Sep 28, 2007

Dini rated it:

Dari Review di blog aku :

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.

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Mar 01, 2009

Marian rated it:

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.

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Nov 26, 2008

Meliana rated it:

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.

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Dec 21, 2009

Bunga Mawar rated it:

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 jam More...

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Mar 08, 2009

Mary Etta rated it:

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 wh More...

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May 26, 2011

Cami rated it:

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 rabbi More...

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Mar 01, 2009

Erin rated it:

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 More...

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Apr 22, 2008

Hailey rated it:

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 rated it:

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 More...

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Mar 12, 2008

(C) Archer rated it:

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 bec More...

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Jul 26, 2008

Jenny rated it:

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Mar 17, 2009

Christy rated it:

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.

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Jul 10, 2008

Blakely rated it:

Edward! This book can safely be called a 'real charmer'. I read this through a few days of lunch breaks, and found this book deserves all the hype that surrounded it. What hype, you ask? Well, maybe I just hang out with folks hyped up about Edward Tulane. One of my favorite elements is that the author refuses to give Edward the power of movement. I feel there are many stories about toys and dolls out there that make the idea of a toy having feelings inextricable from the toy's ability to move. More...

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Jan 08, 2008

Michelle BF rated it:

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 daught More...

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Apr 16, 2008

Lotte rated it:

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Feb 03, 2012

Kaleigh rated it:

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 More...

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Mar 13, 2009

Barky rated it:

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 fi More...

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Nov 20, 2008

Jacquelyn rated it:

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 More...

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Nov 12, 2008

Chris rated it:

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 th

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Jan 30, 2012

Samantha rated it:

What a beautiful story about a toy rabbit beloved by many people young and old. Edward, a rabbit made of china and dressed in fine silk clothing lives a privileged life until he falls overboard during a trip on the Queen Mary with his family. He is a rabbit who knows nothing of love until he journeys from the floor of the ocean and even through a garbage dump and into the heart and lives of many people. He opens his heart and lets himself be loved and loves his different owners with all his hear More...

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Jan 03, 2012

Dawn rated it:

I ran out of library books several days ago. The library took an extended holiday for New Year's (Dec. 31st-Jan. 3rd closed), not realizing there are desperate readers out there with no books and no book stores nearby! That said, I have a list of the top 100 children's books that I have been chipping away at and I found a few of these in our house to keep me going until the library re-opens.

Edward Tulane wasn't a book I looked forward to reading. I'm not sure exactly why. I enjoyed More...

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Dec 30, 2011

Yessy rated it:

Dahulu kala ada kelinci porselen yang disayangi seorang gadis cilik.Mereka terpisah dan si kelinci melakukan perjalanan yang luar biasa.........Dahulu kala,ada kelinci porselen yang menemukan sebuah hati dan jalan pulang...

One of best book!!
Siapin tissue buat baca dongeng Kate kali ini.Sungguh-sungguh cerita yang mengharukan.

Perjalanan Edward si boneka kelinci porselen.Ketika membaca sinopsisnya,ekspektasi saya tentang jalan ceritanya sama sekali berbeda.Mungkin ini More...

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Dec 19, 2011

Lena rated it:

3.5 stars

For some reason I seem to come across a lot of children's stories about the adventures of one doll or another. This is the best one I've read. By far.

I usually don't care for these stories, but this one was told in a straight-forward, almost allegorical, way. At first it seemed pretty common to the books of the 'adventures of a doll' niche. The doll passes through the hands of many owners, some good and some not, has various adventures and learns some things abou More...

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Nov 05, 2011

Michelle rated it:

This is an adorable novel with the sweetly nostalgic feel of an old classic, which Bagram Ibatoulline intensifies with his stunning illustrations. It reminded me greatly of Margery William’s The Velveteen Rabbit. I would estimate the independent reading level suitable for tweens, but the story is a fabulous read-aloud for children as young as four and five, who would probably appreciate it more.

Edward is a large, china rabbit doll beloved by a little girl. But Edward is proud and a More...

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