The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears."
Nobody ever learns anything. - Kate Dicamillo
Nobody ever learns anything.
- Kate Dicamillo
Reading is my passion. - Kate Dicamillo
Reading is my passion.
I actually do like traveling. - Kate Dicamillo
I actually do like traveling.
I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, yo… - Kate Dicamillo
I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, yo…
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… - Kate Dicamillo
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…
The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is necessarily going to get brok… - Kate Dicamillo
The book [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] is about the fact that living in this world means that your heart is necessarily going to get brok…
It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter. - Kate Dicamillo
It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift. - Kate Dicamillo
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.
I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's par… - Kate Dicamillo
I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's par…
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