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Candlewick Press (MA), 2015-08-12

Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

Kate DiCamillo, Author

Timothy Basil Ering, Illustrator

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9780763680893

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The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
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A mouse with oversized ears and an oversized heart dares to love, to read, to forgive. DiCamillo crafts a fairy tale where honor and light break through even the darkest dungeons.

Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Animals • Courage • etc. • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy • Forgiveness • General • Guinea Pigs • Hamsters • Heroism • Honor • Hope • Imagination • Juvenile Fiction • Light • Love • Mice • Redemption • Storytelling

Readability • 4.7

Age Range • 7-10

Pages • 272

Subjects • Mice • Fairy tales • Princesses

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure • Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc. • Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | General • Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General

A #1 New York Times bestseller!

A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal-winning tale.

Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out.
With black-and-white illustrations and a refreshed cover by Timothy Basil Ering.

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