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    The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

    Written by Kate DiCamillo

    Narrated by Judith Ivey

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    About this audiobook

    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 owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely.

    And then, one day, he was lost.

    Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. And along the way, we are shown a true miracle-that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 14, 2006
    ISBN9780307245960
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    The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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    Kate DiCamillo

    Kate DiCamillo is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, winner of the Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, a Newbery Honor Book; and The Tiger Rising, a National Book Award finalist. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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    Reviews for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

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    • 5/5
      Utterly fantastic.
    • 5/5
      With something of the feel of a fairy tale, we are told the story of the china rabbit, Edward Tulane. (It's sort of like the movie "The Red Violin" but with a sentient stuffed animal instead of an inanimate musical instrument.) Edward goes through several owners, and in the course of the tale learns both about love, and about the pain of losing one you love.Sometimes gut-wrenchingly sad, it is a beautiful tale. Like a fairy tale, it's an extremely quick read.
    • 5/5
      I LOVE THIS BOOK!
    • 4/5
      The dark, well-written, idiosyncratic fables just keep on coming from this author. It seems like more of an adult book than a children's book, even more so than most of her others.
    • 5/5
      Summary: A smarmy china rabbit is so full of himself that he cannot understand the love of his child-owner, Abilene. She is smitten with her beloved rabbit, but Edward Tulane is only smitten with himself. He goes through a long journey of heartache, and multiple owners and dire circumstances to finally come to the realization of what love...real love, means. Personal Response: I was not planning on including this book in my readings by Kate DiCamillo. Yesterday afternoon I had a sixth grade student just happen to mention this book. She did not even know that I had just finished my 5th book by this author this week. I sat down on the couch, and did not get back up until I finished this wonderful book. I am so glad that the sixth grade girl had recommended this one to me. It was like reading a "stuck-up" version of the Velveteen Rabbit, that was equally as sweet and tender in its conclusion. Anna Sewell's Black Beauty also came to mind. Loved it!Curriculum Connection: This is a book that I will be recommending to my animal loving readers in the library. In fact, next week we are having an "I love books" Valentine's Day week reading party in the library for grades K-6. This is one that I might read aloud to my 3rd graders, and then happily pass along to one lucky reader who would like to finish it on their own. This is a great book to teach character development. Many 4th and 5th grade students would benefit from reading this story to understand how the character grows and changes through the course of the story.
    • 4/5
      Although I found the book to read to my boys, I probably enjoyed it more than they did. The message was of unselfish love, even when it hurts. The adventures of the china rabbit told of learning the need to love, how to love and the hope to continue to love in an unexpected way.

      A story, like the Velveteen Rabbit, that will stay on my shelf long after my boys are grown and gone...for the next generation.
    • 4/5
      A simple plot with complex themes, this book follows Edward from an empty life lived in abundance to a life of instability, change, and, ultimately, meaning. Through this tale DiCamillo urges readers to open one's heart to allow love a chance, despite the risk. The book also has beautiful illustrations of this Early 1900's setting.


      Lexile 700L
    • 5/5
      I ugly cried. This is a really good book that you shouldn't read.
    • 5/5
      This book is an amazing view of how this china rabbit see people and their personalities. It is a roller coaster of all kinds of emotions with different people he meets. First you'll be anxious, happy, angry, and sad reading "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane." Edward Tulane is a stuffed rabbit who gets passed down to kids, and adults; some were very unfortunate. Edward's heart flows through many emotions that he doesn't even know. It is if we are the the fascinating wonderful book of wonder. After you read the book, it will leave you speechless.One of my favorite characters in the book, is Edward because it seems like he is speaking to you. Many settings are included either city or country, streets or even just a house. Once you read this, you'll stick to this like glue. Discusions were made in each and chapter, some were good and some are bad. No matter where you are in "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" you'll continue to read, and read, and read. It is the world's best book in my mind. I would suggest that you should read this book. Hopefully you'll read this spectacular book!
    • 5/5
      I...was not expecting this. Even though I know Kate DiCamillo is fantastic and I have enjoyed every other thing I've read by her, for whatever reason I wasn't expecting to be so touched and enthralled with Edward Tulane.But it is so. good.I almost cried.Please read this.
    • 5/5
      Consider this a public service announcement: Awkward first impressions may result when the new school librarian is seen reading The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane in the faculty room, with a huge smile and tears streaming down her face...speaking from personal experience here, people... Beyond my personal moment of embarrassment at being discovered snotty-weeping, this turned out to be a positive moment. A teacher (who I had not had the chance to speak with much, but who walked in as I was attempting to get myself back together) ended up chatting with me about the books that had made an impression on him throughout his life - many of which were middle-grade books. This is a star of the genre.Kate DiCamillo is superb. She spins such beautiful, literary, heart-breaking (and mending) tales for children, and never skimps on vocabulary or depth. Readers of all ages will find themselves caught up in her stories. I recommend her to everyone.
    • 5/5
      This book teaches about the power of love and friendship through the adventure of a toy doll rabbit. Very emotionally powerful!
    • 5/5
      Edward Tulane is a china rabbit that journeys from one owner to another over the course of several years. As he is owned and loved by different people, he remembers the kindness of each of them, only to bear separation from them. This story teaches us to accept our situations and to recognize and appreciate the good we can garner from times of struggle.
    • 5/5
      Beautifully written children's tale.
    • 2/5
      Edward Tulane is a large rabbit doll loved and cared for by a little girl named Abilene. Lost over the railing of a ship, stuffy, stuck-up Edward's life really begins as he is found and lost by a succession of would-be owners. Sweet (if predictable) story about what love really is.
    • 5/5
      The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane, could be the journey of each of us to self-discovery. This is the journey of a china rabbit who will learn to become from a passive doll a compassionate friend, a soul that is able to understand the suffering of the humans. The rabbit learns to share the poverty with joy, and learns that even when the end comes, there is a new beginning. I loved what the doll said to Edward: "I have lived one hundred years. And in that time, I have been in places were heavenly and others were horrid. After a time, you learn that each place is different. And you become a different doll in each place, too. Quite different.... You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope,. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next." Edward is tired of giving love and he declares: "I am done with being loved," "I'm done with loving. It's too painful." The doll ends with a wonderful conclusion:"If you have no intention of loving or being loved, then the whole journey is pointless. You might as well leap from this shelf right now and let yourself shatter into a million pieced. Get it over with. Get it all over with now." (p. 189)
    • 4/5
      This is like Velveteen rabbit meets Black Beauty: two classics come together to create an original, wonderful story. Edward's a bit of an ass, but he comes into his own, eventually.
    • 5/5
      The saddest book I can remember reading - in a good way.
    • 4/5
      This book by Kate DiCamillo is about a china rabbitt named Edward. Edward Tulane. Edawrd is a authenitic china rabbit doll. His owner and keeper is named Abilene. Abilene and her family are going on a cruise. But, when Abilene are on the boat two wreched boys throw Edward into the ocean. From there on Edward goes from place to place. Missing each and every on of them. I really liked this book it was simply delightful. I gave it four stars because some of Kate's books have been better. I recommend this book to people who like simple books. Maybe around the ages 11 and up.? This book was an easy read. It was really intresting to hear the book from the rabbit (Edward's) point of view. How he saw things that normally people didn't. Read it it's very good.
    • 3/5
      Well, a lot of people love this book. It seems really popular with the kids. So, this is obviously a great addition to a library collection. However, I have to say that I found the rabbit to be awfully whiny and pathetic. Edward was such an unlikable character that I had trouble caring what happened to him.
    • 5/5
      The story begins with a self-centered, arrogant china rabbit. Edward's only concern was how things/events affected him. He was loved greatly but seemed unable to return such deep feelings.Then he was lost.This story is the most heartwarming children's story that I have read in a long time. I was captured by the quality of the writing and the thoughtfulness of the plot right from the beginning: I couldn't put it down until I finished the book. This is sure to be a classic tale that will last for many generations!
    • 5/5
      Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Fiction
    • 5/5
      I loved this book! It was an amzing story about a china-doll rabbit who goes on some very important and life changing adventures. There is a splash of fantasy in this book because the main character is a rabbit and the whole story is told from his point of view. In the beginning, Edward is a vain, self-centered, spoiled doll that is loved by a little girl named Abeline. The only life he knows is one of fancy clothes and comfortable surroundings. But this doesn't last too long. Quite suddenly Edward finds himself in one crucial situation after another. Through these different and difficult experiences, he is able to reflect on who is is and why he might need to change his outlook on everything in life. The way Kate DiCamillo writes this book is sweet and genuine. She also makes Edward a character that everyone can relate to. She could have easily replaced the doll with a person and it would have worked perfectly. To be able to watch Edward evolve throughout the book makes it a book that everyone should read!
    • 5/5
      DiCamillo presents in third-person prose the journey of china rabbit Edward Tulane, who begins as a precious, vain doll, but then finds himself on an accidental journey. Her respect for the reader and the story is clear as she takes her time narrating moments of conflict and Edward's inner thoughts. Best as a read-aloud book: There is enough loss in the book to make a younger, sensitive reader sad if reading alone, plus the vocabulary and dialogue vocalize very well.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book! It was an amzing story about a china-doll rabbit who goes on some very important and life changing adventures. There is a splash of fantasy in this book because the main character is a rabbit and the whole story is told from his point of view. In the beginning, Edward is a vain, self-centered, spoiled doll that is loved by a little girl named Abeline. The only life he knows is one of fancy clothes and comfortable surroundings. But this doesn't last too long. Quite suddenly Edward finds himself in one crucial situation after another. Through these different and difficult experiences, he is able to reflect on who is is and why he might need to change his outlook on everything in life. The way Kate DiCamillo writes this book is sweet and genuine. She also makes Edward a character that everyone can relate to. She could have easily replaced the doll with a person and it would have worked perfectly. To be able to watch Edward evolve throughout the book makes it a book that everyone should read!
    • 4/5
      For the first time in my reading-aloud career, I started crying while trying to read to the kids. Twice. This book is so touching and beautifully written. It held the boys' attention and taught them a lot about the power of love. I felt silly for crying, but I think that to served to teach them something. Maybe they learned a little about the power of literature? I rarely cry over a book, probably because I read to quickly. I think because I was reading this aloud, reading every word deliberately, I felt the emotion stronger than I normally would. I highly recommend this book. So memorable!!
    • 5/5
      When Barbara gave me this book, I wasn't quite sure how I'd feel about a book about a toy rabbit having an adventure. Didn't sound quite like me. But then, I know Barbara, and she doesn't choose her books lightly.The first thing I noticed were the stunningly beautiful illustrations. I am very tired of the usual trend of what I call scarecrow illustrations, and I luxuriated in the beautiful detail and sympathy of both line and colour illustrations. I would have read the book for the pictures alone.Then I began to notice the language. Despite the large font size and wide spacing, the language is more sophisticated than I would have expected: "I am inclined to agree" and "I surmise" don't usually appear in picture books (well, okay, I haven't read that many). I also noticed that there is no obvious timeframe for the book. It does not appear to be set in the present, and yet it is not given any historical "home". Even the illustrations show rooms that could easily belong to almost any time in the 20th century (the one real hint is the mention of a vacuum cleaner), although there is an "old world" feel over everything.Finally, there is the story itself. It deals with the nature and purpose of existence, the limitations of all things and our inability to do what we would wish for those we love. With our "rightness" just as we are, with hope, with growth through simply listening and absorbing each other, with our ability to become new and different in each new setting in which we find ourselves. And of course, ultimately, with love.What a strange and wonderful book - one that doesn't seek neat categorisation. Thank you Barbara for a wonderful journey.
    • 5/5
      This book was a bittersweet story.
    • 5/5
      I think my daughter is going to wear our copy out she's read it so many times.
    • 5/5
      This is one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read aloud to my children. It's touching, heartwarming and even heartbreaking at times. My children were riveted when we read it together and couldn't wait for reading time each night to see what would happen to Edward next. Don't miss sharing this unique, beautiful book with your own family.