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The classic heartwarming tale from Kate DiCamillo—now with an afterword from the beloved author, reflecting on twenty years in print

One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries—and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie. This updated edition of Kate DiCamillo’s classic novel invites readers to make themselves at home—whether they’re experiencing the book for the first time or returning to an old favorite.

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January 26, 2021
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	Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost...	It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman is the just the right person to step in and save him.	Ferris Wilkey's summer before fifth grade is sheer chaos. How can she satisfy a ghost, help her family, and stop a raccoon invasion? As grandma says, “Every good story is a love story,” and Kate DiCamillo has written one for the ages.

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"Take one disarmingly engaging protagonist and put her in the company of a tenderly rendered canine and you've got yourself a recipe for the best kind of down-home literary treat. Kate DiCamillo's voice in Because of Winn-Dixie should carry from the steamy, sultry pockets of Florida clear across the miles to enchant young readers everywhere." — Karen Hesse, author of the Newbery-award winner Out of the Dust

“Brush strokes of magical realism elevate this beyond a simple story of friendship to a well-crafted tale of community and fellowship, of sweetness, sorrow, and hope. And it's funny, too. A real gem.”
– Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“[E]xquisitely crafted first novel. Each chapter possesses an arc of its own and reads almost like a short story in its completeness; yet the chapters add up to much more than a sum of their parts . . . This bittersweet tale of contemporary life in a small Southern town will hold readers rapt.”
–Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A gentle book about good people coming together to combat lonliness and heartache--with a little canine assistance.”
– The Horn Book

“This well-crafted, realistic, and heartwarming story will be read and reread as a new favorite deserving a long-term place on library shelves.”
–School Library Journal (starred review)

“ Poignant and delicately told.” – The New York Times Book Review

“The books' truthfulness is what makes it so powerful. People can identify with the fact that everyone sort of isolates themselves because of a misconnection or a loss or whatever is in their lives.”
–Newsday

“It's the kind of book people love and tell their friends to read.”
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“An enchanting little book with a touch of magic, a cast of great characters, and a lot of real life and wisdom.”
–Star Tribune

“Both kids and grown-ups love it . . . it's a great read-aloud book . . . it has scooped up numerous awards . . . it's an unforgettable story about making friends.”
– Orlando Sentinel

About the Author

Kate DiCamillo says of writing BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, "I was living in an apartment where no dogs were allowed. As a result, I was suffering from a serious case of 'dog withdrawal.' One night, before I went to sleep, I heard this little girl's voice (with a Southern accent) say, 'I have a dog named Winn-Dixie.' When I woke up the next morning, the voice was still talking, and I started writing down what India Opal Buloni was telling me. The book is (I hope) a hymn of praise to dogs, friendship, and the South."

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Chapter One

My name is India Opal Buloni, and last summer my daddy, the preacher, sent me to the store for a box of macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog. This is what happened: I walked into the produce section of the Winn-Dixie grocery store to pick out my two tomatoes and I almost bumped right into the store manager. He was standing there all red-faced, screaming and waving his arms around.
“Who let a dog in here?” he kept on shouting. “Who let a dirty dog in here?”
At first, I didn’t see a dog. There were just a lot of vegetables rolling around on the floor, tomatoes and onions and green peppers. And there was what seemed like a whole army of Winn-Dixie employees running around waving their arms just the same way the store manager was waving his.
And then the dog came running around the corner. He was a big dog. And ugly. And he looked like he was having a real good time. His tongue was hanging out and he was wagging his tail. He skidded to a stop and smiled right at me. I had never before in my life seen a dog smile, but that is what he did. He pulled back his lips and showed me all his teeth. Then he wagged his tail so hard that he knocked some oranges off a display, and they went rolling everywhere, mixing in with the tomatoes and onions and green peppers.
The manager screamed, “Somebody grab that dog!”
The dog went running over to the manager, wagging his tail and smiling. He stood up on his hind legs. You could tell that all he wanted to do was get face to face with the manager and thank him for the good time he was having in the produce department, but somehow he ended up knocking the manager over. And the manager must have been having a bad day, because lying there on the floor, right in front of everybody, he started to cry. The dog leaned over him, real concerned, and licked his face.
“Please,” said the manager. “Somebody call the pound.”
“Wait a minute!” I hollered. “That’s my dog. Don’t call the pound.”
All the Winn-Dixie employees turned around and looked at me, and I knew I had done something big. And maybe stupid, too. But I couldn’t help it. I couldn’t let that dog go to the pound.
“Here, boy,” I said.
The dog stopped licking the manager’s face and put his ears up in the air and looked at me, like he was trying to remember where he knew me from.
“Here, boy,” I said again. And then I figured that
the dog was probably just like everybody else in
the world, that he would want to get called by a name, only I didn’t know what his name was, so I just said the first thing that came into my head. I said, “Here, Winn-Dixie.”
And that dog came trotting over to me just like he had been doing it his whole life.
The manager sat up and gave me a hard stare, like maybe I was making fun of him.
“It’s his name,” I said. “Honest.”
The manager said, “Don’t you know not to bring
a dog into a grocery store?”
“Yes sir,” I told him. “He got in by mistake. I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.
“Come on, Winn-Dixie,” I said to the dog.
I started walking and he followed along behind me as I went out of the produce department and down the cereal aisle and past all the cashiers and out the door.
Once we were safe outside, I checked him over real careful and he didn’t look that good. He was big, but skinny; you could see his ribs. And there were bald patches all over him, places where he didn’t have any fur at all. Mostly, he looked like a
big piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain.
“You’re a mess,” I told him. “I bet you don’t belong to anybody.”
He smiled at me. He did that thing again, where he pulled back his lips and showed me his teeth. He smiled so big that it made him sneeze. It was like he was saying, “I know I’m a mess. Isn’t it funny?”
It’s hard not to immediately fall in love with a
dog who has a good sense of humor.
“Come on,” I told him. “Let’s see what the preacher has to say about you.”
And the two of us, me and Winn-Dixie, started walking home.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Candlewick; Reprint edition (January 26, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1536214353
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1536214352
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 10 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 670L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 7
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.13 x 0.51 x 7.63 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #14 in Children's Dog Books (Books)
- #18 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings (Books)
- #19 in Children's Friendship Books

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Kate DiCamillo’s writing journey has been a truly remarkable one. She grew up in Florida and moved to Minnesota in her twenties, when homesickness and a bitter winter led her to write Because of Winn-Dixie — her first published novel, which became a runaway bestseller and snapped up a Newbery Honor. The Tiger Rising, her second novel, was also set in Florida and went on to become a National Book Award finalist. Since then, the best-selling author has explored settings as varied as a medieval castle and a magician’s theater while continuing to enjoy great success, winning two Newbery Medals and being named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. She now has over 40 million books in print worldwide.

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I bought it for my grandson & he did great reading it!!!

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Good book but short chapters

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2023

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This is a good book but I would like if the chapters were a little longer. Other than that my daughter really Liles this book. Her class reads it for novel study. Good buy

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Good book, what my daughter asked for.

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DiCamillo, K. (2000). Because of Winn-Dixie. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.

Synopsis: What do you do when you find a dog in a grocery store? Keep it of course! India Opal Buloni, who is a loner herself, can't help but taking this strange lonesome dog home. Opal, a preacher's daughter, feels alone in her new home a small town in Florida. Lonely and searching for friendship, Opal finds this stray dog as an answer to her prayers. India Opal names the stray dog, Winn Dixie, from the grocery store incident. Winn Dixie is full of personality and capable of smiling. He helps Opal make friends as well as healing the heartache found in many Opal's new friends. This plucky young girl searches for answers in her life. She cannot understand why her mother left when Opal was a baby. Throughout the summer, Opal meets many new friends like Gloria Dump the local witch, Miss Franny Block the eccentric librarian, Amanda whose face is shaped like a prune, Otis the pet shop manager and an ex-convict, and the Dewberry Boys. She realizes that each person has a past filled with heartache. Winn Dixie learns to deal with his own fears through the help of India Opal. In the end, Opal learns to trust in her new friends all "because of Winn Dixie".

Evaluation: Kate DiCamillo is an exceptional author. She creates well-developed characters. Set in a southern Florida town, DiCamillo creates a vivid setting by describing the moss covered trees, the heat of the summer, and the unexpected thunderstorms. India Opal could be a child found in any small town. Dealing with divorce, death, alcoholism and loneliness are themes commonly found in today's world. Each issue is presented in a sensitive and gentle manner that allows readers to easily understand and be receptive to each. DiCamillo presents each character in a positive manner without stereotypes. Opal is willing to make friends with many different personalities which will encourage children to accept the differences of others. Many children have one parent families in today's society; Opal portrays a positive attitude given her home situation. Teachers are likely to use this text as a read aloud for years to come. This heart-felt story can be used to stimulate discussions that help students develop empathy. Students ages 9-14 will enjoy this instant classic.

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Sweet story

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024

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I read this book to my son at bedtime. It is a wonderful story about family, friendship, and loss. Because of Winn-Dixie will definitely be read again and again in our home.

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Enjoyable for both kids and parents

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2015

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We love Kate DiCamillo books. Our first ones were the Mercy Watson books and Leroy Ninker... I remember back when the movie came out (which I haven't seen), not realizing it was based on a book. The book reviews were so good, we knew we had to try it, and did not disappoint.

The story is told in first person by the protagonist, Opal. She's just moved Florida with her dad (whom she refers to as "the preacher" more than "my dad" when talking about him). Her mom isn't in the picture, and although we don't know her present situation, her absence is poignantly addressed, and we do learn some things about her. Opal and the preacher live in a trailer park, and he has set up his new church in an erstwhile convenience store. Opal's pretty lonely in her new town and is finding it hard to make friends. The book begins with her finding a mutt who's causing a ruckus in a Winn-Dixie. Not wanting the dog to get in trouble by the store manager, she pretends he is hers, claims that his name is the same as the store's, and brings him home and convinces her dad to keep him. Different things involving Winn-Dixie spark new opportunities and friendships for Opal.

I found Opal to be likeable and realistic. I loved how DiCamillo developed this character's emotions over time.

My almost-8-year-old son really liked the book. We read it together as a bedtime story, 1-3 chapters a night. I really liked the ending, but my husband and son weren't satisfied and felt like the story was meant to continue. Unlike some age-appropriate chapter books, this was one I could get into.

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A favorite

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This book is so sweet and a great book to read to a child 8-13 YO before bedtime. Loved this book!

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