Kate DiCamillo

Kate DiCamillo has the gift of saying a lot with a little. In her first picture book, she teams up again with Bagram Ibatoulline, who illustrated her story The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. DiCamillo has written stories that utterly envelop readers since her beloved Tale of Despereaux. Now, in Great Joy she shares a simple holiday story of a young girl, an organ grinder, and his monkey that gets to the very heart of the meaning of compassion.