A Fairy-Tale Ending (washingtonpost.com)
Washington Post interview with Newbery winner Kate DiCamillo:
"The story of Despereaux came to be when the 8-year-old son of DiCamillo's best friend asked "Aunt Kate" to write a book for him. But he didn't want just any book from DiCamillo, whose previous children's books include "The Tiger Rising" and "Because of Winn-Dixie." He wanted a book about "an unlikely hero . . . with exceptionally large ears."
DiCamillo spoke with Tracy Grant about her writing, Despereaux and soup..."
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