<Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 41601218 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Tiger Rising </Td> </Tr> <P> Because of Winn - Dixie is a children's novel written by Kate DiCamillo, which was published in 2000, and was the winner of a Newbery Honor distinction the following year . In 2000, the book won the Josette Frank Award, and in 2003 won the Mark Twain Award . It was adapted as a 2005 family film directed by Wayne Wang, produced by Walden Media and Twentieth Century Fox, and starring AnnaSophia Robb as Opal Buloni . </P> <P> In 2007 the U.S. National Education Association named Winn - Dixie one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children", based on an online poll . In 2012 it was ranked number 20 among all - time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal--the first of three books by DiCamillo in the Top 100 . </P>

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