Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo is a American author of children's books. Her works include Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tiger Rising, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician's Elephant.

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Works created by Kate DiCamillo include:

• The Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo provides examples of the following tropes:

• Big Friendly Dog: Winn-Dixie in Because of Winn-Dixie (so called because the girl who adopted him first saw him running around inside a Winn-Dixie supermarket).
• Fear of Thunder: In Because of Winn-Dixie, the dog is horribly afraid of thunderstorms.
• Fractured Fairy Tale: In The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, a character tells a story where the princess, as an animal, ends up killed and stewed because she was unloving.
• A Girl and Her X: Because of Winn-Dixie -- a girl and her dog.
• Insubstantial Ingredients: In Because of Winn-Dixie, Miss Franny tells the girls that the Littmus Lozenge's secret ingredient is sorrow.
• Living Toys: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is narrated by a China doll, Edward Tulane, as he describes the different owners he encounters (and the persons they assign him) after being lost by his original owner.
• Missing Mom: In Because of Winn-Dixie, the main character's mother left when she was three.
• Power of Love: What Edward learns in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.