I am 100% certain Kate DiCamillo knows that owls eat rats and that’s one of the reasons I love her second “Orris and Timble” book, about an owl and a rat who are friends. The new one ...

Kate DiCamillo’s newest book, the semi-graphic, madcap “Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures,’’ is that rarest of all treasures, a truly inventive and appealing children’s middle ...

Funnily enough, given the agony of the selection process, it was easy to name the single best children’s book of the past 20 years. Hands down, it’s Brendan Wenzel’s “They All Saw a Cat” (2016), which ...

When my mom gave me Judy Blume’s “ Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret ” for Christmas, many many years ago, I read the back cover and thought: Does she know what this book is about? We didn’t ...

Kate DiCamillo Says ‘Paying Attention Is a Way to Love the World’ The feisty title character of her new book, “Ferris,” has a sharp eye for detail, and so, its author hopes, does she ...

Her newest character, Ferris Wilkey (nicknamed after her mother gave birth to her next to the Ferris wheel at the state fairgrounds) is heading into fifth grade and adores Grandma Charisse, but senses ...

Most of DiCamillo’s books teach life lessons through humour and common experience, but characters also deal with loss, grief and loneliness ...

DiCamillo’s human characters are usually 8- to 10-year-olds and when fans wonder how she gets inside the mind of a child so authentically she says her 8-year-old self is still very present in ...

Children’s writer Kate DiCamillo is known for beloved stories like ‘The Tale of Despereaux’ and ‘Because of Winn-Dixie’ that are about kids and animals trying to navig… ...