Edward Tulane: Chapters 1 & 2

Strategy Focus: Making Connections

Good readers will make connections to what they are reading to their own lives. In this

story, a young girl named Abilene has a china rabbit that she cherished dearly. Do you or

have you ever had a something that really meant a lot to you? Explain your connection

below.

Describe in detail what Edward Tulane looked like.

Besides dressing Edward, what would Abilene do for Edward each morning before she went to school?

What season did Edward seem to like best? Why.

Who were the family members that lived with Edward?

Describe Pellegrina.

Describe what Rosie, the neighbor’s boxer dog, did when he came uninvited in the Tulane house one day.

Edward did not like to be called a “bunny”. In fact he found it “derogatory” in the extreme.

What did he mean by this?

Why was Edward so annoyed at the maid at the end of chapter 2?