The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo is a story about a china rabbit named Edward who was spoiled, and did not know how to love anyone but himself.  He gets lost and travels to many different walks of life.  On his journey he learns to love and appreciate things and people.  He becomes wiser, and realizes the real struggles people go through.

This is one of my favorite children's books, now that I have read it.  It has such a good theme, and meaning for children to learn when they are young.

This is a fictional story.

Kate DiCamillo:  She has written many amazing children's books in her lifetime, and also also won an award for them. (Newbery Medal in 2004).  she began writing books when she was 29, but had always loved to write.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/kate-dicamillo

Class activities:

Children love toys!  Knowing that this story is about a china rabbit,  a teacher could help their students make puppet rabbits in class.  Not only will they love them as stuffed animals, with these puppets you and the students would be able to reenact some of the scenes from the book.