"Because of Winn-Dixie" is the humorous and heartwarming story of a lonely girl named India Opal Buloni who finds a big, ugly, smelly stray dog at a Winn-Dixie grocery store in a small Florida ...

Because of Winn-Dixie placed Eva Marie Saint in the shoes of eccentric librarian Miss Franny Block. The older woman recounts stories from her life to protagonist India Opal Buloni, played by ...

When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her preacher father, she doesn't know what to expect, least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the ...

Staff and families from all five JPS elementary schools and the fifth grade team at Jefferson Middle School helped select Because Of Winn-Dixie, which tells the story of a young girl, Opal, who ...

We are back in her office, where she’s explaining how she wrote “Because of Winn-Dixie,” and when she says the main character’s full name—India Opal Buloni—it’s as if there’s a ...

"Because of Winn-Dixie," based on Kate DiCamillo's award ... is set in the small fictional town of Naomi, Fla., where India Opal Buloni (Anna Sophia Robb) has recently moved into a trailer park ...

the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Fresco y Mas stores. Because ice is heavy, and transporting it is difficult, expensive and bad for the environment, it’s the perfect test case for such a ...

As soon as main character Opal serendipitously adopts a puppy ... our lives and serve as the perfect partners. The story of Winn-Dixie has also come to life on-screen, starring AnnaSophia Robb.

STORY: India Opal Buloni is the new ... children but has made an exception for Opal. Soon it learns to make an exception for Opal's dog, Winn-Dixie, as does everyone else in town.