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Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

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When Opal catches a stray dog at the local Winn-Dixie supermarket, little does she know that he will end up changing her life. As Opal and Winn-Dixie (she named the dog after the place she found him) travel around their new home in Naomi, Florida Opal gets a chance to meet many people she otherwise wouldn't and bring them all together, too!

This is a sweet story about not jumping to conclusions and finding the best in people. Young readers will relate to Opal's love for Winn-Dixie as well as her feelings of lonliness in a new place. ( )
  agrudzien | May 18, 2013 |
Summary:
In this story, Opal has just moved to a new town and she finds a stray dog that she names Winn-Dixie. Everything that happens to Opal seems to be beacuse of her new dog. Winn-Dixie seems to help Opal make new friends all over town. He also gives Opal the courage to ask her dad about her mother.

Personal Response:
This is a great story about friendship. You'll want to go out and buy a dog after reading it. This would be a good book for someone who is moving to a new town or for anyone who likes a feel good story.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. In the story Opal has a list of 10 things she knows about her mother. I would have my students write a list of 10 things about someone that is important to them.
2. In the story Gloria Dump has Opal tell her about herself so she can see her with her heart. I would have my class write a paper about the things that are improtant to them as if they were telling it to Gloria.
  brankacheek | Apr 22, 2013 |
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Opal’s mother left her when she was young and her father is a preacher who moves around as needed. When they move to Naomi, Florida, Opal feels so alone until she goes to a grocery store and finds a stray dog whom she names Winn-Dixie! Winn-Dixie becomes her best friend and they began to meet new people! Gloria Dump and Opal plan a gathering and invites everyone in the town to come and everything is going great until the thunderstorm rolls in and Winn-Dixie disappears!

Personal Reaction:
I love this book! I think it is a lot of fun to read and has a little mystery to it! What happens to Winn-Dixie? Does her mother ever come back?

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. As a class take turns reading the story out loud making sure everyone gets a turn! Then at the end of each chapter have them write a chapter review, and after every couple chapters give them a quiz. After we are done with the book have them take a test, and if we have time we can watch the movie.
2. Have each student write a letter to the author telling her how they felt about the book and there personal opinion.
  kimbo2012 | Apr 16, 2013 |
Summary: This book is about a little girl who is kind of a loner until she finds a stray dog and they go on many adventures and become best friends.

Personal Reaction: Growing up I loved this book and this book was even the reason why I wanted a dog. I think it helps kids to realize there’s always light at the end of the tunnel. I think it also makes kids realize how much responsibility comes with having a dog.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. In the classroom we could talk about what animal we would like to have in our home and write a letter to our parents asking for one.
2. In the classroom we could talk about the responsibilities of having a pet might entail.
  Jessmarlamb | Apr 16, 2013 |
In the spirit of 10-year-old India Opal Buloni, who likes to make lists, here are 10 things I like about Because of Winn-Dixie:
1. Winn-Dixie is a friendly dog who smiles.
2. Opal's daddy is a preacher, just like my daddy was.
3. Opal's friend Miss Franny Block is librarian who likes children and dogs.
4. Opal's shy friend Otis has a gift for music with the ability to charm both people and animals.
5. The story reminds me that the best cure for loneliness is to look for opportunities to do something good for someone else.
6. It reminds me not to “judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.”
7. It reminds me that “There ain't no way you can hold on to something that wants to go... You can only love what you got while you got it.”
8. It illustrates the possibility of finding family within a community.
9. The characters and their voices are exactly right.
10. It's just as good as the movie, a favorite that I could watch over and over again. ( )
  cbl_tn | Apr 7, 2013 |
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for Tracey and Beck because they listened first
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My Name is India Opal Buloni, 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.
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“…But in the meantime, you got to remember, you can’t always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.”
“What truth?” I asked her.

“Why, that war is hell,” Miss Franny said with her eyes still closed. “Pure hell.”

Hell is a cuss word,” said Amanda. I stole a look at her. Her face was pinched up even more than usual.

War,” said Miss Franny with her eyes still closed, “should be a cuss word, too.”
I didn’t go to sleep right away. I lay there and thought how life was like a Littmus Lozenge, how the sweet and the sad were all mixed up together and how hard it was to separate them out. It was confusing.
“There ain’t no way you can hold on to something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.”
Thinking about her was the same as the hole you keep on feeling with your tongue after you lose a tooth.
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Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillio is mostly about friendship and compassion. Opal is close to being a preteen girl living with her father. She takes in this uncared for dog who changes her life forever. She meets unusaul people who become her best friends in life.She is soon to find that one little thunder storm will change her outlook on life.-Autumn Taylor
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0763616052, Paperback)

Because of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new friends among the somewhat unusual residents of her new hometown, Naomi, Florida. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal begins to find her place in the world and let go of some of the sadness left by her mother's abandonment seven years earlier.

With her newly adopted, goofy pooch at her side, Opal explores her bittersweet world and learns to listen to other people's lives. This warm and winning book hosts an unforgettable cast of characters, including a librarian who fought off a bear with a copy of War and Peace, an ex-con pet-store clerk who plays sweet music to his animal charges, and the neighborhood "witch," a nearly blind woman who sees with her heart. Part Frankie (The Member of the Wedding), part Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird), Opal brings her own unique and wonderful voice to a story of friendship, loneliness, and acceptance. Opal's down-home charm and dead-on honesty will earn her friends and fans far beyond the confines of Naomi, Florida. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter

(retrieved from Amazon Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:20:48 -0500)

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