Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the late 1990s, and Kate DiCamillo was discouraged about ever having a writing career. Working as a “book picker” ...

When readers discuss the 25-year-old “Because of Winn-Dixie,” it’s like they’re talking about a book that came out yesterday. In a way, it’s as if it did, since most of them have read the book over ...

The year was 1925. Calvin Coolidge was in the White House. "The Great Gatsby" was fresh on the shelves. And across the South, a fledgling grocery store was beginning a journey that would turn into a ...

It was the late 1990s, and Kate DiCamillo was discouraged about ever having a writing career. Working as a “book picker” fulfilling orders at the Bookmen distribution company in Minneapolis, she had ...