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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
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Philadelphia
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Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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I think, oh my god, kids are reading, and they care about a book enough to come over and talk to me about a book that they care about. If I think about it as being a celebrity, it would freak me out. But I just think, lucky me, that I get to be a part of this whole thing.
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Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)
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In The Tale of Despereaux, there is a lot of darkness, a lot of despair. There's also a lot of light, redemption, hope. There's forgiveness, there's friendship, there's love. But the world in all of its potential craziness is also there.
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That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
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We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us.
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The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time.
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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 read I'll get it in his hands. I'm amazed at the network of adults who make sure that kids get books.
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We all live in fear of getting blocked no matter what kind of art we're trying to do. It happens all the time, but I prefer to think of it as a bad day.
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This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness.
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Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And Despereaux's love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous.
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