Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo has made a specialty of chronicling animal protagonists who overcome unfortunate circumstances to become better versions of themselves. Whether she’s writing ...

Kate DiCamillo will be the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in 2014 and 2015, the Library of Congress announced Thursday.

On Thursday, DiCamillo, best known for her Newbery Medal-winning "The Tale of Despereaux" and the movie-adapted "Because of Winn-Dixie," was named the library's fourth youth ambassador. A kick-off ...

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DiCamillo says Raymie Nightingale, the 10-year-old protagonist at the heart of her latest novel, is a lot like she was as a child: "Very introverted, watching, worrying, wondering, but also hopeful." ...

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Kate DiCamillo, the best-selling author of "Because of Winn-Dixie" and "The Tale of Despereaux," is taking on a new role to promote youth literature and reading nationwide.