The Official Kate DiCamillo PageIn the mailbag:
An astonishing collection of kite-letters from Roseanne Vallely’s third graders at Martin Luther King Elementary in Edison, New Jersey. Each letter is in the shape of a kite; each corner of the kite is inscribed with the name of a book. And when you lift the flap, you reveal the student’s favorite quote(s) from the book. Pictured here is Shivani’s kite. Underneath The Tale of Despereaux flap are these words: “Everything as you well know (having lived in this world long enough to have figured out a thing or two for yourself), cannot always be sweetness and light.” I don’t remember writing those words. I don’t even know where they are in the book. ... So, each one of these kites, each quote that a child has chosen, is a small revelation to me, a reminder that the book is not mine, was never mine, and that the story only becomes whole when it enters into the heart and mind of another reader.
What am I trying to say? I am trying to say this: it seems like a miracle to me, that I get to tell stories and that people read them and make them their own. And I am also trying to say this: thank you. |
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Because of Winn Dixie