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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Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and dappled with light.
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In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.
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Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.
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Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.
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Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.
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The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
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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.
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There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.
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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.
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This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.