Kate DiCamillo's Blog, page 13
June 12, 2014
From the Candlewick team: Kate DiCamillo is now a Goodreads author! She's availa...
From the Candlewick team: Kate DiCamillo is now a Goodreads author! She's available for questions this month; just go to her Goodreads profile and scroll down to the "Ask the Author" section (just under "Kate DiCamillo's Books." Enjoy!
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13663.Kate_DiCamillo?from_search=true
Kate DiCamillo
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Author of Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician's Elephant, The Tiger Rising, Flora and Uly...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13663.Kate_DiCamillo?from_search=true
Kate DiCamillo
www.goodreads.com
Author of Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician's Elephant, The Tiger Rising, Flora and Uly...
June 10, 2014
Here is a button box that belonged to my grandmother.
I remember sitting beside...
Here is a button box that belonged to my grandmother.
I remember sitting beside my mother as she sewed (or tried to sew—my mother found everything about sewing frustrating and baffling). I remember tracing my fingers over the picture on the lid of the box.
I was six years old, maybe seven; I could read a little, but not much.
I loved stories.
“Is that a little boat underneath the bridge?” I asked my mother.
“Who knows,” said my mother. She looked at the box. “Yes. That is a boat.”
“Is the wo...
I remember sitting beside my mother as she sewed (or tried to sew—my mother found everything about sewing frustrating and baffling). I remember tracing my fingers over the picture on the lid of the box.
I was six years old, maybe seven; I could read a little, but not much.
I loved stories.
“Is that a little boat underneath the bridge?” I asked my mother.
“Who knows,” said my mother. She looked at the box. “Yes. That is a boat.”
“Is the wo...
June 5, 2014
Here is a picture I took of myself.
I am standing in the great green room of Goo...
Here is a picture I took of myself.
I am standing in the great green room of Goodnight, Moon.
If you go to New York City, make sure you visit the New York Public Library’s exhibit “The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter.”
You can see the real Winnie-the-Pooh. And Tigger. And Eeyore.
You can pick up a phone and listen to a recording of E.B. White reading from Charlotte’s Web.
You can stand in the great green room of Goodnight, Moon, and watch as a child enters and looks around the room wit...
I am standing in the great green room of Goodnight, Moon.
If you go to New York City, make sure you visit the New York Public Library’s exhibit “The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter.”
You can see the real Winnie-the-Pooh. And Tigger. And Eeyore.
You can pick up a phone and listen to a recording of E.B. White reading from Charlotte’s Web.
You can stand in the great green room of Goodnight, Moon, and watch as a child enters and looks around the room wit...
June 3, 2014
I went to New York City last weekend for Book Expo America. When I returned hom...
I went to New York City last weekend for Book Expo America. When I returned home, I was sorting through the mail and discovered a letter from the American Association of Retired Persons inviting me to join their ranks.
Retire? Me?
Over the weekend, I talked to booksellers and librarians and readers and writers and illustrators and teachers. I signed books. I talked about books. I thought about the book I am writing. I stood in Grand Central Station and studied the faces of hundreds of people....
Retire? Me?
Over the weekend, I talked to booksellers and librarians and readers and writers and illustrators and teachers. I signed books. I talked about books. I thought about the book I am writing. I stood in Grand Central Station and studied the faces of hundreds of people....
May 29, 2014
From the Candlewick team: While Kate is away at Book Expo America, check out thi...
From the Candlewick team: While Kate is away at Book Expo America, check out this NPR interview about her summer "tree house" reading picks for kids:
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/23/315250144/kate-dicamillos-picks-for-summer-tree-house-reading?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social
Kate DiCamillo's Picks For Summer Treehouse Reading
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The author of Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux shares her summer book recommendations for young readers ages 8-
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/23/315250144/kate-dicamillos-picks-for-summer-tree-house-reading?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social
Kate DiCamillo's Picks For Summer Treehouse Reading
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The author of Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux shares her summer book recommendations for young readers ages 8-
May 27, 2014
I’ve got a robin who built a nest on top of a broken light fixture at the back o...
I’ve got a robin who built a nest on top of a broken light fixture at the back of my house.
Every time I step out the door, I look up at her and she looks down at me.
The robin’s look is a look of great intention.
It is like she is saying, “I am doing something very important up here, you know.”
“I know,” I say to her. “I know.”
I like to think about the blue eggs she is sitting on.
I like to think about what will come out of those eggs.
I like it that all of this is happening on top of a br...
Every time I step out the door, I look up at her and she looks down at me.
The robin’s look is a look of great intention.
It is like she is saying, “I am doing something very important up here, you know.”
“I know,” I say to her. “I know.”
I like to think about the blue eggs she is sitting on.
I like to think about what will come out of those eggs.
I like it that all of this is happening on top of a br...
May 22, 2014
Remember the shoemaker’s elves, how they made shoes for the poor cobbler while h...
Remember the shoemaker’s elves, how they made shoes for the poor cobbler while he slept?
Yesterday morning, I woke to the sound of tapping, and in my half-awake state, I thought: oh good, the elves are working on the story for me.
I went down stairs.
There weren’t any elves.
The story was right where I had left it.
I sat down and did my work.
In the words of Robert Frost, “The best way out is always through.”
This is a lesson I am happy and privileged to keep learning.
Even if I do sometimes...
Yesterday morning, I woke to the sound of tapping, and in my half-awake state, I thought: oh good, the elves are working on the story for me.
I went down stairs.
There weren’t any elves.
The story was right where I had left it.
I sat down and did my work.
In the words of Robert Frost, “The best way out is always through.”
This is a lesson I am happy and privileged to keep learning.
Even if I do sometimes...
May 20, 2014
On Saturday, I went to Chapter Two Books in Hudson, Wisconsin for Indies First S...
On Saturday, I went to Chapter Two Books in Hudson, Wisconsin for Indies First Storytime Day.
I read aloud from Mo Willem’s The Pigeon Needs a Bath (“Maybe you need a bath! YEAH! When was the last time YOU had a bath?! Oh. That was pretty recently.”)
I answered questions. I signed books. I talked with kids. I gave hugs. I received hugs.
Outside, the sun was shining. The sky was blue. Green things were unfurling.
And inside, people--lovely, wonderful, beautiful people—gathered together to s...
I read aloud from Mo Willem’s The Pigeon Needs a Bath (“Maybe you need a bath! YEAH! When was the last time YOU had a bath?! Oh. That was pretty recently.”)
I answered questions. I signed books. I talked with kids. I gave hugs. I received hugs.
Outside, the sun was shining. The sky was blue. Green things were unfurling.
And inside, people--lovely, wonderful, beautiful people—gathered together to s...
May 15, 2014
This is just to say thank you to everyone who answered the question “What are yo...
This is just to say thank you to everyone who answered the question “What are you reading?”
The depth and breadth of your answers was heartening and enlightening—so many books I have never heard of! So many books I love! So many books I want to read!
It is a wondrous thing to be able to share books this way.
Thank you.
The depth and breadth of your answers was heartening and enlightening—so many books I have never heard of! So many books I love! So many books I want to read!
It is a wondrous thing to be able to share books this way.
Thank you.
May 13, 2014
Every morning, I leave space and time to write in a journal and read some poetry...
Every morning, I leave space and time to write in a journal and read some poetry.
Right now, the morning poetry books are: Marilyn Nelson’s How I Discovered Poetry, Garrison Keillor’s anthology entitled Good Poems for Hard Times and a slim little book called A New Thought on Blue, An Ocean Poem Anthology.
A New Thought on Blue was written by a group of third graders (they are fourth graders now) at Lake View Elementary in Madison, Wisconsin.
The book is illustrated with linoleum cut prints....
Right now, the morning poetry books are: Marilyn Nelson’s How I Discovered Poetry, Garrison Keillor’s anthology entitled Good Poems for Hard Times and a slim little book called A New Thought on Blue, An Ocean Poem Anthology.
A New Thought on Blue was written by a group of third graders (they are fourth graders now) at Lake View Elementary in Madison, Wisconsin.
The book is illustrated with linoleum cut prints....
