About the Read in to Writing The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane unit:

• Suggested year group: Year 4

• ​Length of unit: 6 weeks/30 sessions

• Themes and topics: Love, kindness and compassion, loss and death, magic, journeys, self-discovery and different types of people

• Writing outcomes: Free writing, a diary entry, a fact sheet or poster, Edward’s reflections, an internal monologue, a poem, and a new chapter for the story

About The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo​:

Abilene loves her blue china rabbit, Edward Tulane, but Edward is extremely vain and only loves himself. On a voyage from New York to London, Edward falls overboard and from there finds himself on an amazing journey. He travels with tramps, works as a scarecrow, comforts a dying child...and finally learns what it is to truly love.