Importance of Reading Aloud- Kate DiCamillo

As if we need more reasons to read aloud to our children/students...
Here is a link to Kate DiCamillo talking about the magic of reading aloud.
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Enjoy! And if you do not know what to read aloud to your children, any Kate DiCamillo book is an excellent choice!

Have a blessed day!
Mrs. Blankenstein

Ps. Here is a list of Kate DiCamillo's books. My personal favorite is The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane followed by The Tale of Despereaux.

Novels[edit]

• Because of Winn-Dixie (2000)
• The Tiger Rising (2001)
• The Tale of Despereaux (2003), illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006), illus. Bagram Ibatoulline
• The Magician's Elephant (2009), illus. Yoko Tanaka
• Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures (2013), illus. K. G. Campbell
• Raymie Nightingale (Candlewick Press, April 12, 2016)
• Louisiana's Way Home (2018), jacket illus. Amy June Bates^[16][17]

Chapter books[edit]

• Bink & Gollie series, text by DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illus. Tony Fucile
  • Bink & Gollie (2010)
  • Bink & Gollie: Two for One (2012)
  • Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever (2013)
• Mercy Watson series (Candlewick Press), text by DiCamillo, illus. Chris Van Dusen
  • Mercy Watson to the Rescue (2005)
  • Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (2006)
  • Mercy Watson Fights Crime (2006)
  • Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise (2007)
  • Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig (2008)
  • Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009)

Picture books[edit]

• Great Joy (2007), illus. Bagram Ibatoulline
• Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken (2008), illus. Harry Bliss

Short stories[edit]

• "An Ordinary Boy", in Spider magazine for children (vol. 8, issue 9, September 2001)^[18]
• "Super Tulip", Spider (vol. 8, issue 9, September 2001)^[19]
• "Visit", Spider (vol. 9, issue 1, January 2002)^[20]
• "The Third Floor Bedroom", in Chris Van Allsburg, et al., The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales