Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of March 25th
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It is the 84th day of the year, leaving 281 days remaining in 2022.
She has written more than a dozen books for young children and beginning readers, along with several picture books. She set a high standards for herself with her 2000 debut novel, Because of Winn-Dixie.
The novel tells a tale with themes that DiCamillo has often returned to -- loss and separation -- but they also convey hope, with writing that has been praised as exurberant and assured.
Winn Dixie is about Opal, a lonely 10-year-old girl who has lost her mother and moved to a new town. There, she meets a scruffy dog in a supermarket, takes him home, and finds friendship and love in her relationship with the animal and the people her attarcts.
It was named a Newberry Honor Book, won several other awards, and was later adapted into a popular movie.
But DiCamillo was just getting started. Critics and children praised her next two book, and her third novel, The Tale of Despereaux, did win the 2004 Newberry medal. (She won a second Newberry in 2015 for Flora & Ulysses.)
Her protagonists were not only young children, but also a nonconformist mouse who falls in love with a princess, a conceited china rabbit who finds love and kidness after being found in a fishing net, and a cynical comic-book fan and an anthropomorphic squirrel who go on adventures together.
Her books for older readers -- called chapter books in the trade -- include the trilogy Bink & Gollie, written with Alison McGhee, and the six-part Mercy Watson series. In addition to movies, her books have been adapted into an opera and a musical performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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