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 ...

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 ...

Books as heroes is a great concept. And "Because of Winn-Dixie" author Kate DiCamillo, who was in Tulsa recently to accept the Tulsa Library Trust's 2007 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' ...

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 ...