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.

凱特·迪卡米洛（Kate DiCamillo）生於美國賓夕法尼亞州，在佛羅裏達州長大，大學時主修英美文學，並從事成人短篇小說的創作，曾經獲得1998年邁剋奈特基金會的作傢奬勵金。她的第一本兒童小說《傻狗溫迪剋》一問世就廣受好評，並奪得瞭2001年紐伯瑞兒童文學奬銀奬。2004年，凱特·迪卡米洛又憑藉《浪漫鼠德佩羅》多的當年的伯紐瑞文學奬金奬。

2006年，迪卡米洛推齣溫馨力作《愛德華的奇妙之旅》，並榮獲波士頓全球號角奬金奬。此奬以開拓兒童的想象空間，充分發揮書籍在人類文化演繹中的號角作用為獲奬標準，是美國極負盛名的兒童文學奬項。《紐約時報》評論說，至此，凱特·迪卡米洛已經成為美國當代童書界最耀眼的明星。