#kate decamillo

[an-adhd-infested-nerd]

I still don't think anything I've ever read has touched me as much as anything Kate DeCamillo has written

[mochacoffee]

TOP FIVE CHILDREN'S BOOKS GO

OKAY AAAAAAAAAAAAA

WINNIE THE POOH by a.a. milne — we all know why these books slap

THE RUNAWAY BUNNY by margaret wise brown — it's fucking beautiful it makes me sob and the imagery has stayed with me forever i love rabbits with red eyes i love the clouds i love the grass

THE KISSING HAND by audrey penn — adorable. it's about raccoons and it came with stickers. when i was little if my mom kissed my hand before school i would hold it in a little fist all day until lunch time when i had to wash my hands and sadly lose the kiss down the drain

THE MYSTERIOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by kate decamillo — ohhh it touches the heart…. the life of a beloved toy which was lost long ago. you'll sob. a beautiful book for all ages

RETURN TO FAIRYOPOLIS by cicely mary barker — this is barely a story it's just barker's artwork portrayed as a scrapbok sort of thing. but holy fuck when i tell you i loved this book... and the pop-up page at the end!!! don't even get me STARTED. this book is the reason red poppies are one of my favorite flowers, and why i have a 1930s print of the poppy fairy on my wall. most of my childhood books were passed on to other children when i got older so i actually bought a used copy of this one on the internet as an adult because it had such an impact on my little brain

[olreid]

this post is making me so unwell i started typing tags and it was like. gail carson levine kate decamillo eva ibbotson eragon cornelia funke half magic edward eager warrior cats bone books graceling septimus heap spiderwick mysterious benedict society series of unfortunate events the unicorn’s secret series chronicles of narnia fairy realm the snowstorm by beryl netherclift mandy by julie andrews maximum ride a wrinkle in time roald dahl gilda joyce so you want to be a wizard artemis fowl percy jackson harry potter the city of ember brian selznick peter and the starcatchers we didn't start the fire

[the-golden-ghost]

For books, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 41, 51?

1. What/who got you into reading?

I don’t know because I’m one of those spooky people who learned to read at age 3 and just picked it up somehow. I know my parents taught me letters and sounds before then, but my memory doesn’t go back that far so I guess I just always liked it for as long as I can recall. 

2. Your first favorite book?

I don’t really remember this either. I will say tentatively a collection of fairy tales that I had when I was a kid (actually I still have it). I think it was just called A Treasury of Fairy Tales and it had a very soft blue cover and nice pictures. 

3. Your current favorite book?

I’m gonna cheat cause I have a book that’s the complete works of William Shakespeare and that would probably be my favorite even though it’s technically not one story.

4. Favorite book of all time?

Probably the Tale of Desperaux by Kate DeCamillo in terms of length of time and amount I loved it. (Loved it since I was a kid up until now, so. 

7. What book/s that you rave about?

I would certainly recommend everyone read In a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. Haasse. Seriously please do it. I also LOVE a Series of Unfortunate Events and would recommend those, too. 

10. What popular book do you just hate?

That’s a whole list. Oh wait popular, not classic. That’s different. I don’t actually know what books are popular right now. I really don’t like Catcher in the Rye though and I know that one’s always pretty popular because it’s taught in schools for some reason. 

22. Favorite series?

A Series of Unfortunate Events. I also really liked the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness which no one’s ever read, apparently, to my chagrin. 

23. Least favorite series?

I’m gonna say Maximum Ride. I didn’t read it, but I read the first few chapters and the main character managed to piss me off so much that I couldn’t even finish book 1. But there aren’t many series I’ll read the entirety of if I hate them, so that’s kind of a tough one.

25. Pick the 23 book on your bookshelf, open it to the 86 page and find the 13th line. Type it out for us.

I have four bookshelves but I will do my best.

Okay; I got All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn. 

“Corey cried out in pain and stumbled backward holding her cheek, the skin red from a slap.” 

Charming. 

26. Favorite quote?

From anything ever? I have no idea. I’ll just go with “since the heavens have shaped my body so, let hell make crooked my mind to answer it” from Henry VI, part 3, William Shakespeare. It’s probably not my favorite quote ever but it’s my favorite quote that I can think of on short notice.

27. Favorite character/s?

That’s a whole list. I won’t go in order because I probably couldn’t but here we go:

Charles, Duke of Orléans, Jean of Dunois, and Valentine Visconti - In a Dark Wood Wandering

Sansa Stark, Sam Tarly, Stannis Baratheon, Asha Greyjoy, Tyrion Lannister - A Song of Ice and Fire 

Dewey Denouement - A Series of Unfortunate Events (the Penultimate Peril)

The Ghost of Christmas Past - A Christmas Carol

Sirius Black and Remus Lupin - Harry Potter (which I honestly need to reread one of these days)

The monster - Frankenstein 

Malvolio - Twelfth Night

Richard of Gloucester/Richard III - Henry VI parts 1 and 2, Richard III

Ariel - the Tempest

Javert (who may or may not have a last name) - Les Miserables

John Silver - Treasure Island 

I’m probably going to cut it off there because if I list everyone it’s going to get long but there’s an idea. 

41. Least favorite book turned movie?

I think they made Sophie’s Choice into a movie and I don’t know why, particularly. (Don’t read Sophie’s Choice by the way it’s not good) 

51. Book/s that made you scared?

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe really freaked me out when I first read it. I remember there was this whole series by Allan Zullo about horror stories that were based on real accounts of hauntings, and those used to creep me out as well. 

[jessicakiley]

[loanndbehold]

Totally unedited bedside book pile.

[an-adhd-infested-nerd]

My life is shaped by the books I read in middle school

[romy7]

Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. Nothing.

Kate Decamillo (The Tale of Despereaux)

[devlin-scott-blog]

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Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo's timeless fable for young readers tells the tale of Peter Augustus Duchene, a ten-year-old orphan who receives a piece of information that sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it's true.

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Devlin

[mylittleabode-blog]

There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.

The Tale of Despereaux