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 ...

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 ...