Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo
Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. She is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, recognizing her novels The Tale of Despereauxand Flora and Ulysses. Her best-known books for young children are Mercy Watson series illustrated by Chris Van Dusen...
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth25 March 1964
CityPhiladelphia, PA
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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
children book writing
For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups: I'm writing poems.
children book laughing
What I hope is that the book [Bink & Gollie] delights children. What I hope is that they laugh and laugh and laugh, just as we did when we wrote them.
children writing philadelphia
I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
children aunt lovely
I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
children reading thinking
It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to treasure reading is for them to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.
children reading literacy
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.
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The story is about what happens when you share your heart with somebody else; it is also about the danger of keeping things locked up.
american-author contend office time work
Ideally, I'd like to work part time at the bookstore. That would give me more time to contend with all the office work of writing.
people pancakes adventurous
I love adventurous travel. I also love pancakes, and making pancakes for other people. You would definitely find me in the airy treetop as opposed to below ground.
war
There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.
thinking storyteller
I like to think of myself as a storyteller,
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If the world held magic powerful enough to make the elephant appear, then there must exist, too, magic in equal measure, magic powerful enough to undo what had been done.