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
dog likes peanut-butter
You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter.
judging people done
You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.
love-you next wonder
You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.
writing terror uncertainty
When I do it [writing] by myself, there's a lot more terror and uncertainty.
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.
dark light stories
The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
forever truth-is
That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
thinking genius
I think Tony Fucile, who did the illustrations [for Bink & Gollie], is an absolute genius. I've never met him.
writing two goal
My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore.
undoing difficult
The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.
heart joy tasks
It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.
writing thinking joy
I think we sent Tony Fucile pictures of ourselves, photos from like when we were seven years old. That's what he worked from. He captured exactly what we looked like. I'd love to do another one with Alison, not just for the joy of writing, but also for the joy of watching Tony bring it to life with his illustrations. I'm hoping at BEA, or ALA, I'll get to meet Tony and shake his hand and thank him.
beautiful flower giving
... every time you look at the world and the people in it closely, lovingly, imaginatively, it changes you. The world, under the microscope of your attention, opens up like a beautiful, strange flower and gives itself back to you in ways you could never imagine.
heart two promise
My favorite six letter word is always because it promises so much. My favorite five letter word is never because it insists on contradicting the promise. My favorite four letter word is once because it says it happened then. My favorite three letter word is yes because I’m just now learning to say it to my heart. My favorite two letter word is if because it makes all things possible like this: If not always If not never Then once. Yes.