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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

by Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline
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  • Feb 14, 2006, 228 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jan 2008, 208 pages
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Edward Tulane was inspired by a very elegant rabbit "doll" given to Kate by a friend for Christmas a couple of years ago. She says, "Not long after receiving the rabbit, I had this very clear image of him underwater, on the bottom of the sea, minus all of his finery, lost and alone."

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