When readers discuss the 25-year-old “Because of Winn-Dixie,” it’s like they’re talking about a book that came out yesterday. In a way, it’s as if it did, since most of them have read the book over ...

Kate DiCamillo has a new book in September called “Lost Evangeline” but, before then, she’s celebrating the 25th anniversary of her first novel, “Because of Winn-Dixie.” The Minneapolis writer will ...

It was the late 1990s, and Kate DiCamillo was discouraged about ever having a writing career. Working as a “book picker” fulfilling orders at the Bookmen distribution company in Minneapolis, she had ...

As Kate DiCamillo’s beloved novel celebrates a big milestone, Holly Goldberg Sloan’s “Finding Lost” echoes its themes. By Jennifer Howard Jennifer Howard is a writer and editor who lives in Washington ...