A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning full-color plates by Bagram Ibatoulline, honors the enduring power of love.

"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.

凯特·迪卡米洛（Kate DiCamillo）生于美国宾夕法尼亚州，在佛罗里达州长大，大学时主修英美文学，并从事成人短篇小说的创作，曾经获得1998年迈克奈特基金会的作家奖励金。她的第一本儿童小说《傻狗温迪克》一问世就广受好评，并夺得了2001年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖。2004年，凯特·迪卡米洛又凭借《浪漫鼠德佩罗》多的当年的伯纽瑞文学奖金奖。

2006年，迪卡米洛推出温馨力作《爱德华的奇妙之旅》，并荣获波士顿全球号角奖金奖。此奖以开拓儿童的想象空间，充分发挥书籍在人类文化演绎中的号角作用为获奖标准，是美国极负盛名的儿童文学奖项。《纽约时报》评论说，至此，凯特·迪卡米洛已经成为美国当代童书界最耀眼的明星。