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
girl answers world
Besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl? The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.
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Take this squirrel, for instance. Ulysses. Do I believe he can type poetry? Sure, I do believe it. There is much more beauty in the world if I believe such a thing is possible.
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My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.
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We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?
world ifs
How will the world change if we do not question it?
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I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.
dark light world
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.
dark light world
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.
together world
When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
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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.
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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.
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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
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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.