Title: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator: Bagram Ibatoulline
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Date: 2006
Age Range: 4th grade and up
Summary: Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
Strengths:
This is a very interesting book. It looks thick but the text is very big and spread out and there are also quite a few illustrations that take up pages too. I love how perturbed Edward gets about things, such as being called "it" and being thought of as a girl. The changes of Edward's character are fantastic. At first I hated him because he was a spoiled china doll but by the end the reader really feels for him when he is sitting on the shelf for years.
Concerns:
It may look too young to some readers because of the look of the rabbit doll.
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