[Unedited] Kate DiCamillo with Krista Tippett
b'Each and every adult is a former eight-year-old, wide open with yearning and possibility; understanding exactly how troubled the adults around you are, even if they think they are hiding it from you; almost unbearably alert to the world\\u2019s wonders and its dangers all at once. And that\\u2019s the reason you should listen to this conversation with Kate DiCamillo, even if you\\u2019ve never heard of her bounty of books beloved by teachers, parents and former children who\\u2019ve grown up reading her. They include Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Magician\\u2019s Elephant, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and Flora & Ulysses. Krista read Kate\\u2019s books with her children. Then, in the early pandemic months, feeling unmoored, she cracked them open to read by herself, inspired by a piece in the New York Times by the wonderful writer of adult novels, Ann Patchett. She wrote of making her way through the Kate DiCamillo opus as one of the most satisfying literary adventures of her life \\u2014 and also incredibly calming. With honesty and wisdom, laughter and tears, Kate DiCamillo makes bearable the mysterious fact that hope and heartbreak live so close, side by side, in real life. This is her gift to her readers, and to us this hour.'