The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo

Heheh this was actually a colleague's recommendation for kids. But I read it :D The story is about the china rabbit Edward. It starts out with Abilene and her granny. Granny had given Abilene the rabbit as a gift. Edward is a bit vain. When Abilene and her parents are going on vacation, she takes him to play with. But due to some fight with kids, he gets thrown overboard. Then Edward is passed onto different people - a hobo, a girl with pneumonia, a fisherman etc. All the lessons learnt on the way help make Edward a selfless rabbit. He is eventually broken and is taken to a doll maker to be repaired. He lies on the shelf and is finally bought by a little girl Maggie whose mother turns out to be Abilene :D