Kate DiCamillo, award winning author of Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tiger Rising and The Tale of Despereaux, will discuss her newest book, La La La: A Story of Hope, featuring enchanting illustrations by Jaime Kim. A nearly wordless graphic story follows a little girl in search of a friend.
The text of this book is one word: La. But the story is abundantly clear .
Star Tribune
Katie DiCamillo will be at Roger Ludlowe Middle School Auditorium, 689 Unquowa Road in 潑請弝け, CT on Thursday, October 12, 2017 beginning at 7:00pm. Tickets can be purchased at the 潑請弝け University Bookstore, 1499 Post Road, 潑請弝け, CT 06824 (203) 255-7756 or online at 潑請弝け.edu/DiCamillo. Tickets are $20/family and include a copy of La La La: A Story of Hope and the Kate DiCamillo presentation followed by book signing. A special musical performance by the Tomlinson Rolling Strones led by music teacher Sara Hoefer will kick-off off the evening event.
“La la la…..la” A little girl stands along and sings, but hears no response. Gathering her courage and her curiosity, she skips farther out into the world, singing away to the trees and the pond and the reeds— but no song comes back to her. Day passes into night, and the girl dares to venture into the darkness toward the light of the moon, becoming more insistent in her singing, climbing as high as she can, but still there is silence in return. Dejected, she falls asleep on the ground, only to be awakened by an amazing sound…She has been heard. At last.
With the simplest of narratives and the near absence of words, Kate DiCamillo conveys a lonely child’s yearning for someone who understands. With a subtle palette and captivating expressiveness, Jaime Kim brings to life an endearing character and a transcendent landscape that invite readers along on an emotionally satisfying journey.
“The text of this book is one word: La. But the story is abundantly clear .” — Star Tribune.
In addition to Because of Winn-Dixie (a Newbery Honor Book), The Tiger Rising (a National Book Award Finalist) and The Tale of Despereaux (Newbery Medal Winner) Kate DiCamillo authored a completed series of early chapter books about a pig named Mercy Watson. DiCamillo’s young adult novel, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane was the winner of the Boston Globe Horn Book Award. She is the fourth U.S. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature—one of only six writers to have won two of the annual Newbery medals introduced in 1922. Kate lives and writes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but she spent much of her childhood in Florida.
All of Kate DiCamillo’s books are available for purchase at the downtown 潑請弝け University Bookstore. DiCamillo will personalize unlimited copies of La La La: A Story of Hope, and fans may choose any one other DiCamillo book for the author to personalize at the Tomlinson Middle School Event. To learn more about Kate DiCamillo please visit her at katedicamillo.com.
