# Kate DiCamillo — books assigned in US schools

**8** books by Kate DiCamillo appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 450L–670L
**Grade span:** K–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/kate-dicamillo
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_DiCamillo
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship (3)
- family (2)
- humor (2)
- loss (2)
- adventure and adventurers
- animals
- courage
- fairy-tale form
- forgiveness
- growing up

## Genres

- Early Chapter Book
- Fantasy
- Middle Grade Fantasy
- Middle Grade Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports Fiction

## Every Kate DiCamillo title on file

- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) _(610L · Grades 3–5 · 2000)_
- [The Tale of Despereaux](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tale-of-despereaux) _(670L · Grades 3–6 · 2003)_
- [Mercy Watson to the Rescue](https://readinglist.school/book/mercy-watson-to-the-rescue) _(450L · Grades K–3 · 2005)_
- [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane](https://readinglist.school/book/the-miraculous-journey-of-edward-tulane) _(Grades 3–6 · 2009)_
- [Bink & Gollie](https://readinglist.school/book/bink-gollie) _(Grades 2–8 · 2010)_
- [Bink and Gollie: Two for One](https://readinglist.school/book/bink-and-gollie) _(Grades K–2 · 2016)_
- [Flora and Ulysses](https://readinglist.school/book/flora-and-ulysses) _(Grades 4–7 · 2020)_
- [Ferris](https://readinglist.school/book/ferris) _(Grades 3–6 · 2024)_

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