I'm grateful for every teacher or librarian who reads a book and says, "This is exactly the book that so-and-so needs to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
There's nothing more fabulous than an adult saying to you, "I think that you might like this one [book]." So I'm grateful… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Rob Horton, the main character of The Tiger Rising, was a secondary character in an adult short story I wrote, and he… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It is always just telling a story, regardless of the age of the reader. Except, if I'm writing something for kids, I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
This is the great thing about writing for kids. Adults might not do anything if they recognized me. But if they do… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Go home and read to your adult. We forget how much we love to be read to. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. I think the best way for children to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In luggage claim at the Minneapolis airport, the guy came up to me and said, "Maybe you're wrong, maybe stories do matter." I wrote… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“If every babe who cried were still alive, well, then, the world would be a very crowded place, indeed.” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Reader, you may ask this queston. In fact, you must ask this question. Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big-eared mouse to… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I tell, which… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
[He] had the soul of a poet, and because of this, he liked very much to consider questions that had no answers. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Everything about writing is hard for me except for that - the names pop into my head. That's one of the reasons why I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“If you have no intention of loving or being loved then the whole journey is pointless” — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have found what I am supposed to do and to get to do it. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“Everything, as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
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