When my 12 year old neighbor recommended her favorite book with these words:

“…I had never thought to look at life through the eyes of a porcelain rabbit before…”

I knew I just had to run to the library and read the book immediately.

And that is how Kate DiCamillo’s

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

has secured a tenured position on my “Favorite Books of All Time” list.

I won’t tell you much about the book except that, although it only requires a few hours of your time, it demands your whole heart. And, like me, you’ll be stealing my little friend’s intriguing one-liner:

“…I had never thought to look at life through the eyes of a porcelain rabbit before…”