#the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

[cosmosully]

edward felt a pang of sorrow, deep and sweet and familiar. why did she have to be so far away?

[justanothershitbagcivilian]

What do you mean you haven’t read American author Kate DiCamillo’s poignant children’s novel The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and saw so much of yourself in a China rabbit you cried so hard you couldn’t breathe?

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

[girlzoot]

“I have already been loved,” said Edward. “I have been loved by a girl named Abilene. I have been loved by a fisherman and his wife and a hobo and his dog. I have been loved by a boy who played the harmonica and by a girl who died. Don’t talk to me about love,” he said. “I have known love.” —Kate DiCamillo/The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

[scienceisfood]

Me openly sobbing while trying to read a story aloud to my son last night:

[boreal-sea]

If you want a reason to go to a library, find a copy of:

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

and read it. It's a longer read for a children's book, and both the writing and illustrations are absolutely stunning.

Fair warning: this story will rip your heart out, but it will glue it back together again too.

[calebs-hangout-corner]

This bunny is making me insane, have some character design concepts—

[rhinestoneprincess]

Did y’all have to read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane for school? It’s one of the best books I’ve read for school. I love this book. He’s so pretty.

[peteytheparrot]

Sorry for the Edward Tulane posting but look at the cracks on him it looks like tears going down his face guys I literally fucking cant with this book

YOU CANT SEE IT THAT WELL HERE BUT ITS THERE… GUAA-

[ragsandrascals]

Shout out to this book for not only having one of the most interesting interpretations of dolls having life but also being super tragic and having a wonderful moral about grief and coping.

[tobbogan-13]

Kate DiCamillo and Lois Lowrey were really carrying the 3rd grade reading curriculum

[benjisstims]

Edward Tulane from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane stimboard ^_^

With: masc fancy clothing, wings, gold, stars and tree stims!

Made for: Me! Because this china rabbit ruined me <3

Gif credits: 💫/🐇/💫 - 🐇/💫 - 🐇/💫/🐇

[godzilla-reads]

Not saying that every Kate DiCamillo book makes me cry, but The Tale of Despereaux? Because of Winn-Dixie? The Tiger Rising? The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane? Quite a big coincidence.

[whatalsaid]

The SADDEST Children’s Book Ever Written - The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane (Animated Recap)

[an-adhd-infested-nerd]

I still don't think anything I've ever read has touched me as much as anything Kate DeCamillo has written

[savechangesto-untitled]

I assigned one of my small groups to read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo in speech last week. I had read it as a kid (maybe 10 or 11) but I didn’t really remember much of it, I found it boring at the time and didn’t really “get it”. Last year I reread Because of Winn Dixie with my speech kids and was amazed at how much better that book is, re reading as an adult, than I remembered as a kid. So I decided to give Edward Tulane another spin.

Oh my fucking god. I started reading ahead at work yesterday, then spent last night and this morning finishing reading this goddamn sad china rabbit book.

The depth of the emotions in this children’s book is just heart wrenching. I mean the whole dust bowl/Great Depression backdrop was completely lost on me as a kid. As was the sadness of the old fisherman’s wife whose children had died, gone to war, or become cruel adults. This book is devastatingly sad in a way that only children’s books can be sad. I mean look at these illustrations.

THEY CRUCIFIED THE RABBIT FOR CHRIST SAKE

And don’t get me started on the existential horror of the rabbit being permanently and constantly conscious with no control over his surroundings or body, completely at the whim of his environment. Just constantly, awake, conscious, watching the days and years pass him by as he waits, seeing only whatever his head is pointed at, at the bottom of the ocean or in a dump or on a shelf. “There is real time and there is doll time. You, my fine friend, have entered doll time.” That line chilled me to the core as much as any Stephen King book.

This children’s book is about abject cruelty, the power of love, the passage of time, and devastating loss. I hope to god I can convey at least half of the impact and emotions to these kids as we read it this year.