2016 DiCamillo led the Collaborative Summer Library Program's summer reading campaign as the summer reading champion. Her 2016 book Raymie Nightingale, about three young girls competing in a competition who end as friends, did not feel complete, and two years later DiCamillo wrote a sequel, Louisiana's Way Home. In 2019 she published Beverly, Right Here, completing a trilogy. In The New York Times the author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley wrote that Beverly, Right Here "may be her [DiCamillo's] finest [novel] yet". In 2019 she received the Regina Medal in recognition of her writing. DiCamillo's 2019 picture book La La La uses just one word: "la". The governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, named March 29, 2020, Kate DiCamillo Day. DiCamillo's most recent novel to be published, The Beatryce Prophecy, was begun in 2009, rediscovered in 2018 and published in September 2021. Awards DiCamillo has received several awards for her books. List of screen adaptations DiCamillo's books have been adapted into films and theatrical productions. Because of Winn-Dixie became a 2005 film by the same name. The Tale of Despereaux was developed into a 2008 film. Netflix began producing a film based on The Magician's Elephant in December 2020. Walt Disney Pictures released the film Flora & Ulysses on February 19, 2021, as a streaming video. The film The Tiger Rising was released in January 2022. DiCamillo helped write the Because of Winn-Dixie screenplay and did some early consulting on The Tale of Despereaux, but was comparatively less involved. She has stated that she enjoyed both adaptations. She has a cameo in Flora & Ulysses. In 2017 the Minnesota Opera announced that it was going to adapt The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane into an opera. The Magician's Elephant was adapted into a musical that was premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon by the Royal Shakespeare Company in October 2021. The Minnesota Opera canceled its scheduled opening and had not rescheduled it as of September 2021 but the Royal Society Shakespeare Company had scheduled a re-opening for October 14. Theatrical feature films Because of Winn-Dixie - February 18, 2005 The Tale of Despereaux - December 19, 2008 Flora & Ulysses - February 19, 2021 The Tiger Rising - January 21, 2022 The Magician's Elephant - March 17, 2023 Analysis DiCamillo's style is often similar to children's literature from the Victorian or Edwardian eras. Homesickness and hope are frequent themes. Many of the books follow someone who