Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States
March 25, 1964

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Kate DiCamillo spent most of her childhood in the South, and moved to Minnesota when she was in her twenties. She was inspired to write Because of Winn-Dixie, her first novel, during a bout of homesickness one brutally cold winter. The book was an immediate success: it is a Newbery Honor Book, has won more than twenty-five state awards, and has been made into a popular family film. Kate DiCamillo’s subsequent books include the Newbery Medal-winning The Tales of Desperaux, The Tiger Rising, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician’s Elephant. She lives in Minneapolis.


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Here is some Bink-inspired poetry by Charles, who is seven years old.
I have read this poem so often that I now have it memorized and I walk around the house saying it out loud.
It cheers me considerably.
You should try it.

Peanut butter,
Peanut butter,
sitting in a chair,
who was eating that?
Who was there?
Bink was eating that,
Bink was there!
Bink loves peanut
butter sitting in
a chair.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 187,048 ratings · 18,646 reviews · 45 distinct works · Similar authors
Because of Winn-Dixie
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 71,123 ratings — published 2000 — 51 editions
The Tale of Despereaux
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 53,339 ratings — published 2003 — 53 editions
The Miraculous Journey of E...
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 24,880 ratings — published 2006 — 32 editions
The Magician's Elephant
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 7,767 ratings — published 2009 — 31 editions
The Tiger Rising
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 6,864 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions
Bink & Gollie
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 2,031 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
Mercy Watson to the Rescue ...
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
Mercy Watson Goes for a Rid...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
Mercy Watson Fights Crime (...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 912 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
Mercy Watson, Princess in D...
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 839 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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4.045996592844975 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 5,870 ratings
Bink & Gollie Bink and Gollie, Two for One Bink & Gollie: Best Friends...
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4.118855465884079 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 2,726 ratings

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“There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.”
Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

“There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.”
Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie

“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.”
Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux

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