Each "Traveler" played at least one additional character outside the core group that Edward interacts with during his "dream sequence" later in the play. There are many theatre's that have spent the time and money to build those and now offer rentals. We used the beautiful dolls from Chicago Children's Theatre. We had nine rabbit made. The sets can be very simple and creating the different scenes can also be very simple.
This play can be performed with as little as actors. We used 15 for our production. The Imaginators. Eric and Elliot. A Tale of Two Cities Hartford. The Bully Plays. The Color of Stars.
Electric City Playhouse. Athens Creative Theatre. Mamaroneck High School. New Hampshire Theatre Project. Idaho State University. Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center. Don't let yourself believe it. But it was too late. The China rabbit's heart had begun, again, to open. That's not the end of the story, but it is such an important passage for so many people to read. I needed to read it the other day when I sat there in Borders once again, tearing up.
I'll need to read it again someday, maybe soon. And I think it's worth it for most anyone to take 30 minutes at the most, sit down, and read about how a China rabbit learns to love.
And then learns to love again. View all 8 comments. The extra star is for the journey part and the characters Edward Tulane met. I found myself trying very hard to connect with Edward Tulane but failed miserably.
Feb 04, Kelly rated it really liked it Shelves: 21st-century , fiction. I was just trapped underground on a backed up metro train for an hour. Never have I minded, or noticed, a terrible commute less. View all 4 comments. Oct 12, KristenR rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy , female-author , children , read-with-maya.
What a beautiful story. I read it with my 8 year old daughter and more than once it brought a tear to my eye. It is the story of Edward Tulane, the china rabbit, who while passing from owner to owner companions really, as he comes to love them endures great love and great tragedy.
He learns that no matter what happens in life it is most important to open your heart Dec 30, Erin rated it it was amazing Shelves: childrens.
Well-written, beautiful, and somber. This is the story of a china rabbit who learns the true meaning of love. I read this book out loud to my class and truly enjoyed the masterful way that Kate DiCamillo crafts a story. Her word choice and sentence fluency found its way into my writing lesson plans to illustrate some of the possibilities waiting to be found in words. Would I read it aloud again?
Perhaps with older students. I fou Well-written, beautiful, and somber. I fought back tears while reading and had to let it sit for awhile before reviewing it because it dealt with some tough material.
Losing people you love. Initially, I thought I would not recommend it nor read it again because it was just too strong. However, the more I considered this, the more I realized that to not recommend this book would be to make the same mistake that Edward made, and that is to refuse to experience something wonderful just because it can also be hard.
So I do recommend it - I do! The lessons learned by Edward apply to us all. Just consider keeping a box of tissues close by. Apr 28, HBalikov rated it it was amazing. Going with the flow has its rewards. She stuck with the story, day after day, as this haughty and aloof china and cloth rabbit went through his reversals of fortune. Edward begins by caring for no one Edward is very self-involved. He likes the fancy clothes in which the little girl dresses him. He likes the attention that he is paid by the family.
I hope you find it as engaging as we did. I should add that the illustrations are a fine match for the prose. View all 14 comments. I absolutely adored this lovely little story. View all 3 comments. This book got a boost by a write-up of books to read in dark times read: coronavirus times in The New York Times the times, they are a changin'. It's one of those intermediate little kids book that works just fine for adults with a heart, too or without a heart, if you're feeling like Ebeneezer Scrooge on the verge of the Ghost of Christmas Future.
Literally, it's about a china rabbit, 3 feet tall, with all manner of uppity airs about himself. The grandmother of his owner, a little girl who This book got a boost by a write-up of books to read in dark times read: coronavirus times in The New York Times the times, they are a changin'.
The grandmother of his owner, a little girl who lavishes attention on him, tells a grim, Grimm-like fairy tale of a witch who turns a beautiful but heartless princess into a warthog. Then Granny eyes the rabbit and says, quite simply, "You disappoint me. The rest of the book traces unlikely links between figurative warthogs and literal rabbits.
Edward's "journey" provides narrative momentum as he goes from good owner to bad, ocean depths to landfill mountains, female attires rabbits are a tough call to sporty red duds. Yes, all that burning up the pages, but there's a much bigger journey happening in his heart. The reader just doesn't know it yet. An allegory about love written with an economy of words is worthy of not only little-kid praise, but big-kid "I-need-a-break: kicking back" praise.
Thanks, Edward, for reminding me it only looks like the end of the world out there. The journey isn't over. View all 10 comments. Jul 02, Roya rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Everyone. Shelves: quite-good , favourite. You'd think I wouldn't cry after the third read, but all I can say is that I'm glad I skipped the eye makeup today View all 6 comments. Jun 04, Calista rated it liked it Shelves: , award-various , genre-drama-tragedy , genre-fantasy , genre-travel , sub-sea , bage-middle-grade , z-kate-dicamillo , want-to-own.
Typically, I adore everything Kate does. I thought this was a good story, but not one of her great stories. I didn't feel for Edward the way I normally do for her characters. Edward is a porcelain toy rabbit. He doesn't appreciate being so well loved by his little girl until one day he's thrown overboard on a sea voyage and his miraculous journey begins. It's the type of book that he does get back to where he started after all hope seems lost. The tone of the book felt melancholy to me.
I never Typically, I adore everything Kate does. I never really cared about Edward for some reason. I guess I'm getting jaded in my older age. I knew when starting that he would make it back to his owner somehow and there were no stakes for me. I'm usually willing to go on the journey. I still thought it was a cute story, well done. This is a great story for children and I still recommend it. I guess, I simply expected too much from it. View 1 comment. Jul 13, Sylvia rated it it was amazing Shelves: reading-with-2boys.
When a friend told me she was reading this book with her 3 and 5 year old kids, I immediately questioned whether they found it too sad. I purchased this book soon after its initial publication and had read it myself at that time. My recollection was that it brought me to tears, and as I have two quite sensitive little boys, I was hesitant to introduce this one to them. Inspired by my friends successful reading of it with her two slightly younger children, I bravely undertook this venture - for When a friend told me she was reading this book with her 3 and 5 year old kids, I immediately questioned whether they found it too sad.
Inspired by my friends successful reading of it with her two slightly younger children, I bravely undertook this venture - for it was really me I was worried about being able to "handle" it. I was not able to hold back the tears as the story drew to a close, but my two beautiful boys wiped them away and assured me that there was nothing to be sad about, and I got the opportunity one that seems to present itself quite often lately to explain how tears can come from happiness as much as from sadness.
A miraculous journey, indeed. This is one of those eternally relevant children's stories, that can be read by all ages throughout all of time. In fact, it should be read by all. I'm only now discovering this tale at the age of 28 and just know that if my younger self had managed to get her hands on it, it would have become a firm, forever favourite. The reader travels with a china rabbit named Edward Tulane through, as the synopsis states, "the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child This is one of those eternally relevant children's stories, that can be read by all ages throughout all of time.
The reader travels with a china rabbit named Edward Tulane through, as the synopsis states, "the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis".
Edward, over the course of his adventures, learns what love is about, and as he fell in love with all his many owners, I fell in love with him and his story. The ending is unbearably poignant and I was openly weeping with a mixture of many emotions, when I finished this. Don't let the age range for this wonderful story put you off reading it, it has as much to give any reader as any other children's classic. Aug 24, Eve rated it really liked it Shelves: reading-with-the-kids.
This story reminded me of "The Velveteen Rabbit". A little less magical, perhaps, but I appreciated the story of a rabbit who, instead of starting out full of love, learns to love and be loved until at the end of the story, he comes full circle. Easy reading, and could be a good one for reading out loud.
Apr 03, Linda Hart rated it it was amazing. Edward Tulane is quite the dapper china rabbit, and he knows it. He's loved dearly by Abilene, the little girl who owns and cares for him so carefully, but he has a heart as cold as the china he's made from and loves only himself.
Then he abruptly loses his privileged life and finds himself adrift in the real world where I LOVED this sweet, meaningful story so much that as soon as I finished the library's audio version which is VERY well done I purchased the hardbound copy for my own library!
Then he abruptly loses his privileged life and finds himself adrift in the real world where he must adapt and survive with help from the diverse and memorable people who cross his path. Along the way, Edward is brought low by circumstances, but he learns humility, how to survive, and eventually how to find his way home.
Although this may have been written for younger readers I believe it will be enjoyed by people of all ages. If you don't cry at some point you're as heartless as Edward is in the beginning. However, despite the tears, you will be left with a happy ending. I have to admit that I bawled like a baby when I finished this book, a modern classic. What difference does that make when you are all alone now? View all 5 comments. Jul 06, Greg rated it it was amazing Shelves: girls-girls-girls , books-for-kids.
While sitting in Washington Square Park reading my Moomins novel while on a mini-lunch break I wondered about the recurring use of sadness and melancholy in the book. Do American children books usually refer to the the joys of a sweet melancholy feeling at the lose of something good that will never return?
How do children relate to depressed characters? Do they even notice it? Why aren't more children books filled with melancholy, and not in a humorous way? While the sun beat down on my bench, a While sitting in Washington Square Park reading my Moomins novel while on a mini-lunch break I wondered about the recurring use of sadness and melancholy in the book. While the sun beat down on my bench, and the film crew near the fountain apparently were also on lunch from filming what looked like a 'dancing in the streets' movie, and the girl sitting the next bench over was losing in a battle of wits against a pigeon who was not going to be fooled into giving up the cracker she dropped I thought about these things.
Then I came home and read this book. This book is to the Moomins as finding yourself laying in bed staring at the ceiling at 3am realizing that half your life is over all the good things are past and only pain and regret are ahead of you and having a slightly sad tinged memory of a something wonderful in the past that you will never be able to return to.
There is something devastating about this story, and the whole format of the book, from the typesetting and font used to the color of the pages used in the book and the illustrations all work in a harmony to create this strong affect. I'm not sure how kids would react to this, I think from a child's perspective they would only see a story that kind of follows a kind of familiar pattern they are already familiar with.
They might find it kind of sad, but nothing too out of the ordinary. Or maybe it will depress them and turn them at a young age to the happy joys of reading literature filled with despair.
View all 32 comments. Feb 21, Winna rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy-myths-fairy-tales-magic , young-adult , self-learning. My first DiCamillo read. I was blown away. I thought this was a simple story about love.
I was wrong about it being simple, because it showed how complicated life and love really were. It was touching, it was classic, it was.. The first book to get me teary-eyed one of these days. I love it. Feb 25, heba rated it it was amazing Shelves: emotional , fantasy , interesting , favorites.
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