Kate DiCamillo
Autore di Il cane più brutto del mondo
Sull'Autore
Kate DiCamillo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1964. She received an English degree from the University of Florida. At the age of thirty, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked for a book warehouse on the children's floor. After working there for four and a half years, mostra altro she fell in love with children's books and began writing. DiCamillo wrote the 2001 Newbery-honor book, Because of Winn-Dixie, which was adapted into a film in 2005. In 2004, she won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux, which was also adapted into a movie in 2008, and for Flora and Ulysses in 2013. Her other works include the Mercy Watson series, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician's Elephant. She was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for the term 2014-2015. Kate's title, Raymie Nightingale, mde the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. mostra meno
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Opere di Kate DiCamillo
Kate Dicamillo Classic Six Books Box Collection Set (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician's Elephant,… (2020) 15 copie
Mercy Watson 4 copie
Tale of Dexpereaux, The 1 copia
X-Acto 1 copia
Meer leesmonsters! : [met nieuw werk van Kate DiCamillo, Imme Dros, Cornelia Funke, Hans Hagen, Martha Heesen, Daan… (2004) 1 copia
Because of Winn-Dixie Excerpt 1 copia
Stories About Friendship: Bink & Gollie / Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend / The Ant & the Grasshopper: Library Edition (2014) 1 copia
Books 1 copia
Three For One (Bink & Gollie) 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (2011) — Collaboratore — 871 copie, 46 recensioni
The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection (2018) — Collaboratore — 100 copie, 2 recensioni
The Shop Dogs of Parnassus — Introduzione — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- DiCamillo, Katrina Elizabeth
- Data di nascita
- 1964-03-25
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Clermont, Florida, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Istruzione
- University of Florida (English)
- Attività lavorative
- writer
author
novelist - Premi e riconoscimenti
- National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2014-2015)
- Breve biografia
- Kate DiCamillo's writing journey has been a truly remarkable one. She grew up in Florida and moved to Minnesota in her twenties, when homesickness and a bitter winter led her to write Because of Winn-Dixie -- her first published novel, which became a runaway bestseller and snapped up a Newbery Honor. The Tiger Rising, her second novel, was also set in Florida and went on to become a National Book Award finalist. Since then, the best-selling author has explored settings as varied as a medieval castle and a magician's theater while continuing to enjoy great success, winning two Newbery Medals and being named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. She now has almost 30 million books in print worldwide.
Now, for the first time ever, Kate DiCamillo is returning to the world of a previous novel to tell us more about a character whom her fans already know and love. In Louisiana's Way Home, set two years after the events of National Book Award finalist Raymie Nightingale, she picks up the story of Raymie's friend Louisiana Elefante, who uncovers difficult truths about her past -- and makes choices that will determine her future.
Kate DiCamillo's books' themes of hope and belief amid impossible circumstances and their messages of shared humanity and connectedness have resonated with readers of all ages around the world. In her instant #1 New York Times bestseller The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, a haughty china rabbit undergoes a profound transformation after finding himself face down on the ocean floor -- lost and waiting to be found. The Tale of Despereaux -- the Newbery Medal-winning novel that later inspired an animated adventure from Universal Pictures -- stars a tiny mouse with exceptionally large ears who is driven by love to become an unlikely hero. The Magician's Elephant, an acclaimed and exquisitely paced fable, dares to ask the question What if? And Kate DiCamillo's second Newbery Medal winner, Flora & Ulysses, was released in 2013 to great acclaim, garnering five starred reviews and an instant spot on the New York Times bestseller list.
Born in Philadelphia but raised in the South, Kate DiCamillo now lives in Minneapolis, where she faithfully writes two pages a day, five days a week.
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Kate DiCamillo is most known for “The Tale of Despereaux”. I wanted to try some of her less popular works and that’s how this series came on my radar.
This is a set of three books, each containing three stories of two little girls; named Bink and Gollie. Gollie is tall and brown-haired while Bink is tiny and blonde. Both are highly opinionated, both are adamant, and both are firm friends. Each story details one specific incident concerning the two girls. The incident is quite mundane; it is the reaction of the girls that makes the incident funny.
The books are quite interesting and will definitely be appealing to young readers. The language is quite simple so this is a great fit for independent readers from the 5 age group. The illustrations are quite charming and suit the stories well. (In some cases, they outshine the story.)
Of the three books, I enjoyed the middle one thoroughly. The others were sweet but okayish.
My ratings for the three books in this series:
Book 1 - [b:Bink & Gollie|7616655|Bink & Gollie|Kate DiCamillo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320465077l/7616655._SX50_.jpg|10081263] – 3.75 stars (Cute stories, but nothing to rock your world.)
Book 2 - [b:Bink & Gollie: Two for One|12177920|Bink & Gollie Two for One|Kate DiCamillo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1564068004l/12177920._SX50_.jpg|17149642] – 5 stars (All three stories in this edition are adorable!!)
Book 3 - [b:Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever|15799182|Bink & Gollie Best Friends Forever|Kate DiCamillo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1351213533l/15799182._SX50_.jpg|26323838] – 3.5 stars (Same as book 1.)
Overall rating: 4 stars.
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This is a set of three books, each containing three stories of two little girls; named Bink and Gollie. Gollie is tall and brown-haired while Bink is tiny and blonde. Both are highly opinionated, both are adamant, and both are firm friends. Each story details one specific incident concerning the two girls. The incident is quite mundane; it is the reaction of the girls that makes the incident funny.
The books are quite interesting and will definitely be appealing to young readers. The language is quite simple so this is a great fit for independent readers from the 5 age group. The illustrations are quite charming and suit the stories well. (In some cases, they outshine the story.)
Of the three books, I enjoyed the middle one thoroughly. The others were sweet but okayish.
My ratings for the three books in this series:
Book 1 - [b:Bink & Gollie|7616655|Bink & Gollie|Kate DiCamillo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320465077l/7616655._SX50_.jpg|10081263] – 3.75 stars (Cute stories, but nothing to rock your world.)
Book 2 - [b:Bink & Gollie: Two for One|12177920|Bink & Gollie Two for One|Kate DiCamillo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1564068004l/12177920._SX50_.jpg|17149642] – 5 stars (All three stories in this edition are adorable!!)
Book 3 - [b:Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever|15799182|Bink & Gollie Best Friends Forever|Kate DiCamillo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1351213533l/15799182._SX50_.jpg|26323838] – 3.5 stars (Same as book 1.)
Overall rating: 4 stars.
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In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils them all--for the king of the land seeks just such a girl, and Brother Edik, who penned the prophecy himself, knows why.
And so it is that a girl with a head full of stories--powerful tales-within-the-tale of queens and kings, mermaids and wolves--ventures into a dark wood in search of the castle of one who wishes her dead. But Beatryce knows that, should she lose her way, those who love her--a wild-eyed monk, a man who had once been king, a boy with a terrible sword, and a goat with a head as hard as stone--will never give up searching for her, and to know this is to know everything.… (altro)
And so it is that a girl with a head full of stories--powerful tales-within-the-tale of queens and kings, mermaids and wolves--ventures into a dark wood in search of the castle of one who wishes her dead. But Beatryce knows that, should she lose her way, those who love her--a wild-eyed monk, a man who had once been king, a boy with a terrible sword, and a goat with a head as hard as stone--will never give up searching for her, and to know this is to know everything.… (altro)
It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris’s mother’s chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris’s grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling unwell. But the ghost is not there to usher Charisse to the Great Beyond. Rather, she has other plans—wild, impractical, illuminating plans. How can Ferris satisfy a specter with Pinky terrorizing the town, Uncle Ted sending Ferris to spy on her aunt, and her father battling an invasion of raccoons?
As Charisse likes to say, “Every good story is a love story,” and Kate DiCamillo has written one for the ages: emotionally resonant and healing, showing the two-time Newbery Medalist at her most playful, universal, and profound.… (altro)
As Charisse likes to say, “Every good story is a love story,” and Kate DiCamillo has written one for the ages: emotionally resonant and healing, showing the two-time Newbery Medalist at her most playful, universal, and profound.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 75
- Opere correlate
- 11
- Utenti
- 70,362
- Popolarità
- #184
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 2,509
- ISBN
- 951
- Lingue
- 21
- Preferito da
- 68
Raymie Clarke has decided to join (and win) the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition. She believes if she wins her father, who recently left home with a dental hygienist, will return. Her first step is to learn to twirl a baton, and at her first lesson she meets her competition: Louisiana Elefante (who claims a show-business background) and Beverly Tapinski (who says she is there simply to sabotage the contest).
This is a lovely coming-of-age tale suitable for the middle-school crowd, where three girls with different circumstances form a bond of friendship. Raymie is a bright, curious, determined girl. And she has a relatively stable home life, despite her father’s recent departure. But Louisiana and Beverly have challenges at home that Raymie barely understands. I loved how accepting they all were of one another, and how they supported and helped each other despite their differences. I won’t give away the results of the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, but in the things that matter, they are all winners.
Jenna Lamia does a fine job of narrating the audiobook. I particularly liked how she voiced Louisiana.… (altro)