Just after being named the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Kate DiCamillo said in an interview with me that she believes she was one lucky kid because the people in her life spent time reading to her. Now Kate wants to use her new ambassador's job to bring national attention to the importance of reading together through her "Stories Connect Us" theme. You can meet Kate and former ambassadors Jon Scieszka and Katherine Paterson next week when they gather at Politics & Prose on Thursday January 9 at 4 p.m.