Kate DiCamillo
Autor/a de Because of Winn-Dixie
Sobre l'autor
Kate DiCamillo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1964. She received an English degree from the University of Florida. At the age of thirty, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked for a book warehouse on the children's floor. After working there for four and a half years, mostra'n més she fell in love with children's books and began writing. DiCamillo wrote the 2001 Newbery-honor book, Because of Winn-Dixie, which was adapted into a film in 2005. In 2004, she won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux, which was also adapted into a movie in 2008, and for Flora and Ulysses in 2013. Her other works include the Mercy Watson series, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician's Elephant. She was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for the term 2014-2015. Kate's title, Raymie Nightingale, mde the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Kate DiCamillo
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (2003) 14,197 exemplars
Kate Dicamillo Classic Six Books Box Collection Set (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician's Elephant,… (2020) 11 exemplars
The Tiger Rising / Because of Winn-Dixie 3 exemplars
Meer leesmonsters! : [met nieuw werk van Kate DiCamillo, Imme Dros, Cornelia Funke, Hans Hagen, Martha Heesen, Daan… (2004) 1 exemplars
Three For One (Bink & Gollie) 1 exemplars
Books 1 exemplars
Tales from Deckawoo Drive Series 6 Books Set 1 exemplars
Stories About Friendship: Bink & Gollie / Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend / The Ant & the Grasshopper: Library Edition (2014) 1 exemplars
Because of Winn-Dixie (Excerpt) 1 exemplars
Mercy Watson 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (2011) — Col·laborador — 857 exemplars
The Shop Dogs of Parnassus — Introducció — 2 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- DiCamillo, Katrina Elizabeth
- Data de naixement
- 1964-03-25
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Clermont, Florida, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Educació
- University of Florida (English)
- Professions
- writer
author
novelist - Premis i honors
- National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2014-2015)
- Biografia breu
- Kate DiCamillo's writing journey has been a truly remarkable one. She grew up in Florida and moved to Minnesota in her twenties, when homesickness and a bitter winter led her to write Because of Winn-Dixie -- her first published novel, which became a runaway bestseller and snapped up a Newbery Honor. The Tiger Rising, her second novel, was also set in Florida and went on to become a National Book Award finalist. Since then, the best-selling author has explored settings as varied as a medieval castle and a magician's theater while continuing to enjoy great success, winning two Newbery Medals and being named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. She now has almost 30 million books in print worldwide.
Now, for the first time ever, Kate DiCamillo is returning to the world of a previous novel to tell us more about a character whom her fans already know and love. In Louisiana's Way Home, set two years after the events of National Book Award finalist Raymie Nightingale, she picks up the story of Raymie's friend Louisiana Elefante, who uncovers difficult truths about her past -- and makes choices that will determine her future.
Kate DiCamillo's books' themes of hope and belief amid impossible circumstances and their messages of shared humanity and connectedness have resonated with readers of all ages around the world. In her instant #1 New York Times bestseller The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, a haughty china rabbit undergoes a profound transformation after finding himself face down on the ocean floor -- lost and waiting to be found. The Tale of Despereaux -- the Newbery Medal-winning novel that later inspired an animated adventure from Universal Pictures -- stars a tiny mouse with exceptionally large ears who is driven by love to become an unlikely hero. The Magician's Elephant, an acclaimed and exquisitely paced fable, dares to ask the question What if? And Kate DiCamillo's second Newbery Medal winner, Flora & Ulysses, was released in 2013 to great acclaim, garnering five starred reviews and an instant spot on the New York Times bestseller list.
Born in Philadelphia but raised in the South, Kate DiCamillo now lives in Minneapolis, where she faithfully writes two pages a day, five days a week.
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Favourite Books (1)
Sonlight Books (1)
Childhood books (1)
Books About Boys (1)
Best Dog Stories (1)
Ryan's Books (1)
mom (1)
Five in a Row (1)
Elementary Reads (1)
Christmas Books (1)
Female Author (1)
Allie's Wishlist (1)
4th Grade Books (2)
KID BOOKS (2)
Newbery Adjacent (2)
Princess Tales (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 74
- També de
- 10
- Membres
- 67,213
- Popularitat
- #200
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 2,474
- ISBN
- 951
- Llengües
- 21
- Preferit
- 66
Premise/plot: Ferris is Kate DiCamillo's newest children's book. I would say the book is timeless, but, what I truly mean is that the book exists out of time. It could almost be any and every time period. So what is it about? The recurring theme or message is that every story is a love story, or, every good story is a love story. It is very much a story celebrating family and friends and community. Ferris isn't particularly "troubled;" she isn't facing an extraordinary problem that she has to overcome. There are no gigantic, looming conflicts. And THAT is a trend I'd love to see in children's books now and then.
Ferris' grandmother is seeing a ghost, AND has recently been diagnosed with [congestive] heart failure. When she learns from her grandmother that the ghost wants to see the chandelier lighted so that her husband can find her, Ferris sets about doing just that. It isn't so much fulfilling a ghost's wish as it is fulfilling her grandmother's wish too. This is, I suppose, the "big" plot point of the book, but the book has scores of LOVELY quiet moments, ordinary moments, lovely moments where Ferris is just living life. They aren't always calm, peaceful, relaxed moments. But they are the little moments that make up a life.
My thoughts: The writing was solidly good. I do tend to love and adore her writing. I enjoyed the characters. I LOVED the relationships. I think the highlight, for me, are the many, many relationships we get to explore in this one. Do I love the ghost aspect? Not really. Is it a big enough subtraction that I dislike the book? No.… (més)