Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the late 1990s, and Kate DiCamillo was discouraged about ever having a writing career. Working as a “book picker” ...

Not since Annie has a stray dog inspired such joyful noise! In a Southern town filled with lost souls, a new leash on life is just around the corner when a preacher and his daughter take in a mutt ...

When readers discuss the 25-year-old “Because of Winn-Dixie,” it’s like they’re talking about a book that came out yesterday. In a way, it’s as if it did, since most of them have read the book over ...

A screening of “Because of Winn-Dixie” Tuesday night played to more than 100 teachers and librarians, dozens of children, the winner of two Newbery Medals and a Picardy shepherd named Lady. “This is a ...

On Thursday, March 26 at 7:30pm, the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Eudora Welty Foundation welcome one of America's most beloved storytellers, author Kate DiCamillo, to deliver the 2026 Welty ...

The year was 1925. Calvin Coolidge was in the White House. "The Great Gatsby" was fresh on the shelves. And across the South, a fledgling grocery store was beginning a journey that would turn into a ...

It was the late 1990s, and Kate DiCamillo was discouraged about ever having a writing career. Working as a “book picker” fulfilling orders at the Bookmen distribution company in Minneapolis, she had ...