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On Being with Krista Tippett
The book was described as being a graphic novel, as well as a book for kids who may not remember "Because of Winn-Dixie." It was described as a story for kids who know that the world is a hard place, and that it was not a book parents would give their kids, but it is the one they would understand.
And now more recently there's the generation of kids who've been for whom Flora and Ulysses is what they know of Kate DiCamillo and they may or may not remember because of when Dixie.
— Episode: [Unedited] Kate DiCamillo with Krista Ti...
Episode: [Unedited] Kate DiCamillo with Krista Tippett
The book was described as being a graphic novel, as well as a book for kids who may not remember "Because of Winn-Dixie." It was described as a story for kids who know that the world is a hard place, and that it was not a book parents would give their kids, but it is the one they would understand.
And now more recently there's the generation of kids who've been for whom Flora and Ulysses is what they know of Kate DiCamillo and they may or may not remember because of when Dixie.
It has graphic novel elements.
And and also to this point of how kids know that the world is a hard place that she constantly refers to her favorite book which is called Terrible Things Can Happen To You exclamation point.
Which is not the book any of us would give our children but it's probably the one that they would understand.