Simplest-shop.comonline shopping, the simple way |
Welcome | Help  |
| Search for |
|
Home > Books > Bargain Books > Children > Ages 9-12 > Miraculous Journey Edward Tulane
This website will be shutdown on 2008-04-01.
|
 Add to shopping cart |
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | |||||
  | 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Candlewick Catalog: Book Release date: 2007-12-26 Media: Paperback Format: Bargain Price Number of pages: 228 Reading level: Ages 9-12  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
|
| |||
| Top stores | Description | Price | Link to shop |
| amazon.com | check store | check now! | |
| used | 6 used offers, as low as... | $10.76 | see more used offers |
| all new | 4 thirdParty new offers, as low as... | $10.77 | see more ThirdParty new offers |
| Professional Review: |
|
"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. |
| User Reviews: |
 Written on September 29, 2008 Summary: Especially terrifying for asthmatic children! Lessons my daughter has learned from Edward Tulane: Little children can cough and cough so hard that they cough up blood. Little children can die from coughing. It's okay to run away from home. There are mean, mean adult people out there who crush dolls or throw them in trash heaps or smash them; who hit their children and tell them they are going to die; who throw homeless people from trains and kick dogs; who ridicule their elderly parents or refuse to let children keep a beloved toy. The adults who do these things never ever get punished for their actions. Nothing bad happens to them at all; they just walk away scot-free. Bad things happen, over and over again, especially to those who are young, good, and innocent; that's just how life is. Even when you are loved. If someone tries to cheer you up or give you hope, just ignore them and they will go away. If someone tells you that you should just end your life, you should consider it. Since Edward is "just a toy", you don't have to feel bad for him. He's helpless. These awful things are bound to happen to those that are helpless. Like toys. Or forests. Or animals. Or children. It's okay to be abused and miserable and pathetic and defeatist in this life because after you die it's all so lovely. You don't really need to even try to change your attitude. In the end, it won't matter how you lived. Don't waste your time hoping for love because no one will love you until you're dead. It's okay if you never try. It's okay if all you ever are is a victim. Because the good news is: maybe, just maybe, in the end (whether that be the literal end of the story, or the obvious metaphorical end of life), all the torture and pain and despair and hopelessness MIGHT end well. And everything that happened won't matter. In fact, it never did. All that matters is the ending. These are not the lessons I want my child to learn, from this or any other book. It is reminiscent of the old Grimm fairy tales; the old Christian tales of the bad things that happen to naughty little girls and boys; the violent and disturbing old `children's' cartoons like Tom & Jerry, and Road Runner. If I want to teach my children perseverance, I will read them Little House on the Prairie. If I want to tell them the adventures of inanimate objects without cruelty and despair (in other words, the challenges life gives us) I will read them Hitty; Her First Hundred Years. If I want them to learn about love, I will read them hundreds of other stories that are positive and hopeful throughout: let's start with The Velveteen Rabbit. Maybe Edward should read the Velveteen Rabbit himself.  Written on September 22, 2008 Summary: wonderful book to read together with your child. This book was wonderful, tragic, sweet, and funny. My daughter and I read it together and loved every minute of it. The writing is fabulous and the illustrations are just so sweet. My daughter and I bawled at the completion of the book. It will be a book/memory we will always cherish. Written on August 28, 2008 Summary: Charming, heart breaking, and beautiful... I just put this book down. It was absolutely beautiful. I warn you, though, this story is probably not for the sensitive (as demonstrated by the negative responses). Still, I think this is an important story for the overindulged, entitled generations that we are raising. It is about love, and appreciation, and loss, and need. The characters are very real and have qualities in people that we all know. I loved this book. It was so moving and I would highly recommend it. Written on August 24, 2008 Summary: Lost Doll advice! I love this book, and highly recommend it as a read aloud book for schools, libraries and bedtime. But as I mention in my review at TheDollBlog.com, please be sensitive to the child who has recently lost a doll. As any parent can attest, The Lost Doll or lovey is a serious emotional event in any child's life, and as wonderful a book as this is, (and it truly is a modern classic), no need to add to your child's distress. PS: This beautiful book belongs on every doll lover's bookshelf as well! *** Spoiler Alert *** (if you haven't read the book stop here) Add to that the fact that the Doll returns, (albeit twenty years later) and you could raise false hopes in your child as well. Written on August 23, 2008 Summary: the miraculous journey of edward tulane This book is truly my favorite book. It can be interpreted as a version of the Velveteen Rabbit, but I see it as much, much more. Edward is a china rabbit who is thrown of a boat and into the ocean. He is rescued, but soon he finds himself in the garbage. Everytime he is rescued, he is lost once again untill a true miracle happens. This book sad, sweet, moving. I really enjoyed it! |
| Comparison map |
| Wondering how the book "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" relates to similar books? Find out at a glance here: |
| Price comparison |
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane |
 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a... |
 The Tiger Rising |
 The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters,... |
 Because of Winn-Dixie |
 Whittington |
| Our price | - | $7.99 | $5.99 | $6.50 | $5.99 | $6.50 |
| List price | $9.99 | $7.99 | $5.99 | $6.50 | $5.99 | $6.50 |
| Lowest used price | $10.76 | $4.05 | $0.01 | $0.80 | $0.01 | $0.35 |
| Lowest new price | $10.77 | $4.10 | $1.99 | $2.63 | $1.16 | $2.71 |
| Collectible price | - | $10.00 | $10.00 | - | $10.00 | - |
| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2007-12-26 | 2006-04-11 | 2002-07-01 | 2007-03-13 | 2001-08-06 | 2006-12-26 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Format | Bargain Price | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number of pages | 228 | 272 | 128 | 272 | 192 | 208 |
| Ean | - | 9780763625290 | 9780763618988 | 9780440420477 | 9780763616052 | 9780375828652 |
| Book Isbn | - | 0763625299 | 0763618985 | 0440420474 | 0763616052 | 0375828656 |
| Upc | - | - | 732483008982 | - | 732483006056 | - |
| Reading level | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | Ages 4-8 |
| Link to shop* (opens in a new window) | BUY IT NOW* | BUY IT NOW* | BUY IT NOW* | BUY IT NOW* | BUY IT NOW* | BUY IT NOW* |
| take one out? |
|
I am here: Home > Books > Bargain Books > Children > Ages 9-12 > Miraculous Journey Edward Tulane
This website will be shutdown on 2008-04-01.
|
 E-mail this page |
|
About the Simplest Shop | Help | Term of Use | Privacy Policy
Home | Contact us | Bookmark us | get paid for writing |
|
Copyright Simplest-Shop.com 2004. All rights reserved |