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Reading might not be the way that the child engages with the world, but it should be something that they all learn how to do, and that they get to have for themselves, as opposed to somebody telling them what to do and how to do it.
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 of Mercy Watson like a superball there's a bouncy kind of optimism to her stories. She allows me to play, and she makes me laugh. Hopefully readers feel the same way.
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In a dark time, doors will sometimes magically open and let us step inside to the warmth and light of a community.
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As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.
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Life is hard. Life is beautiful. Life is difficult. Life is wonderful.
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There is no right or wrong way to tell a story. You have to find your own way. You can get your idea from listening, looking, or imagining. Stories are everywhere. All you have to do is pay attention.
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I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.
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The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.
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When I was a kid I loved to read, but I didn't write and I didn't create imaginary worlds. So, if one student walks away thinking, She's obviously just an ordinary person, yet she gets to make her living doing what she wants to do. Maybe that applies to me, too, then I feel like my time has been well spent.
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