Kate DiCamillo’s beloved children’s book, “Because of Winn Dixie,” turns 25 this fall. The Minneapolis author looked back and ...

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 ...

It certainly does for India Opal Buloni, the 10-year-old narrator of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE (Candlewick, 192 pp., $17.99, ages 9 to 12), Kate DiCamillo ’s classic debut novel. Published in 2000 and now ...

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 ...

Books as heroes is a great concept. And "Because of Winn-Dixie" author Kate DiCamillo, who was in Tulsa recently to accept the Tulsa Library Trust's 2007 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' ...

This past Wednesday morning, after a Tuesday evening reception that included three children’s authors discussing and signing their books, the American Booksellers Association officially kicked off its ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Moving away from home as a kid has the potential to turn a childhood upside down. As soon as main character Opal serendipitously ...

It's hard work, writing. Harder than working at a greenhouse. Harder than standing outside a ride at Disney World for two years and repeating, "Watch your step," over and over. Harder than any other ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Kate DiCamillo was walking down a south Minneapolis street when she realized she had to write “The Hotel Balzaar.” It was in the early days of the pandemic, when we still hoped it was a ...