Xav brings home this book on Friday. He is insistent that he gets to keep it and it's for his book report. Now my lovely little 8 year old isn't prone to outright lying, but I highly doubted that he was told to read a 194pg book. So we told him that it would stay home while he went to visit daddy, but we would read it when he got home on Sunday.
On Saturday I found myself killing time in the car, while Larry was wandering around a scrap yard. Bored, I found this book in the seat and thought I'd check it out. Three hours later I was done. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me angry. I loved it. And I was determined to read it to the kids when they got home.
So far I've read them 2/3 of it. And that was on 2 nights. Once I started reading, the three of us were hooked. But what happened next Mom? You can't leave us hanging on this part!!!
I called Twin and told her about it and she insisted that I share it. So here goes nothing on my attempt at a book review....
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane --by Kate Dicamillo
Here is the story of Edward Tulane.
Edward is a china rabbit. He can't walk. He can't talk. He can't close his eyes.
My kids were dissapointed. But mom!! But can he do??
I said - he's someone's toy. This is a lesson on how he gets his heart.
On Saturday I found myself killing time in the car, while Larry was wandering around a scrap yard. Bored, I found this book in the seat and thought I'd check it out. Three hours later I was done. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me angry. I loved it. And I was determined to read it to the kids when they got home.
So far I've read them 2/3 of it. And that was on 2 nights. Once I started reading, the three of us were hooked. But what happened next Mom? You can't leave us hanging on this part!!!
I called Twin and told her about it and she insisted that I share it. So here goes nothing on my attempt at a book review....
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane --by Kate Dicamillo
Here is the story of Edward Tulane.
Edward is a china rabbit. He can't walk. He can't talk. He can't close his eyes.
My kids were dissapointed. But mom!! But can he do??
I said - he's someone's toy. This is a lesson on how he gets his heart.
Edward starts out as a stuck up little bunny. Very vain. Cares about nothing but himself. (He had my boys very angry at him!)
Some lessons were harder learned for him than others...
An evil grandmother tells him a vicious story about a princess that gets turned into a warthog and eaten, because she doesn't care about love. (My boys loved that part!)
He is loved by many... a little girl...a fisherman and his wife...a hobo...a sick little girl and her brother...and he eventually ends up in a toy shop. Every person that loves him opens his heart even more.
