The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Written by Kate DiCamillo
Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Published by Candlewick Press
Copyright 2006
200 pages
A/R Grade Level 4.4
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a great fantasy book about a beautiful china rabbit that has very little emotional connection to anyone or anything. At the beginning of the book he is very proud of his outward appearance but has very little emotional connection to anyone. He takes great pride in how he looks and how he is treated. Through a series of events he is lost, mistreated, gets dirty, loved, discarded, forgotten, treasured, and experiences many other radical events. Throughout these events his outward appearance becomes "less than" beautiful but the real story is that his inward feelings are changed. He begins to "feel" things for his owners and actually miss and appreciate his previous owners. This book is a great story of how outward appearance is not nearly as important as your inner values.
This would be a great book to share with your class as a whole group to "journey" through the changes that Edward Tulane experiences and have your class predict what may happen to the little china rabbit next. It teaches love and friendship in such a beautiful way. Discussion would spontaneously begin with students while reading this book about the true value of friendship and how love can change things in your life.
The illustrations are what I would call art gallery quality. They are gorgeous and provoke an emotional reaction because they convey and add so much meaning to the story.
Fav author and one of my fave books! Glad you read this and enjoyed! I am thoroughly enjoying your Book Blogs!
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