Author

Kate DiCamillo

3 books Grades 4–7

About

Kate DiCamillo wrote her first novel, Because of Winn-Dixie, because she was homesick for Florida and wanted a dog. She has won the Newbery Medal twice, for The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses, and The Tiger Rising was a National Book Award finalist. Her stories are gentle and hopeful, and they are about friendship and finding where you belong.

Books by Kate DiCamillo

  • Because of Winn-Dixie

    Grades 4–7 GRL R 3 AR pts

    The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling…

  • The Tale of Despereaux

    Grades 4 GRL U 5 AR pts

    This book tells of the adventure of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, as well as the princess he loves, a servant girl who longs to be a princess, and…

  • The Tiger Rising

    Grades 5–7 GRL T 3 AR pts

    Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger — a real-life, very large tiger — pacing back and forth in a cage. What's…