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If the world held magic powerful enough to make the elephant appear, then there must exist, too, magic in equal measure, magic powerful enough to undo what had been done.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Magic
Equal
Undo
Powerful
Elephant
Done
Elephants
Enough
Appear
Must
Measure
Make
Held
World
Exist

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Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
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Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?
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I don't know what Alison [McGhee] thinks, but I very strongly doubt that we will ever see the parents of Bink or Gollie. However, I do think it would be fun to make Tony Fucile draw portraits of the parental units and have those portraits sitting on Bink's mantel or in Gollie's kitchen. Glowering. A little.
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Going out and not only meeting the kids, but meeting the teachers and the librarians and seeing the world, fills me up.
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