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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.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Kids
Librarians
Going
Librarian
World
Fills
Meeting
Teachers
Meetings
Teacher
Seeing

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