For Kate DiCamillo, stories matter

Minnesota's award-winning childrens author Kate DiCamillo talks about why she writes and how she does it --and takes questions from kids-- at a recent Club Book event in Apple Valley. DiCamillo is the author of the wildly popular "Because of Winn-Dixie" and "The Tale of Despereaux."

Club Book is a Twin Cities-area program that brings popular authors to communities around the metro area. It is coordinated by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County.

More from MPR

• Garrison Keillor on poems, prose, and growing up in the nothern suburbs
  June 22, 2010
• The 20th anniversary of "The Things They Carried"
  May 31, 2010
• Author Neil Gaiman on books, fairy tales, and libraries
  April 27, 2010
• For Kate DiCamillo, stories are everywhere
  March 4, 2010
• Minneapolis author sees her book on the big screen
  December 17, 2008

Resources

• Kate DiCamillo's Web site
• Club Book