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The Tale Of Despereaux: Being The Story Of A Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup And A Spool Of Thread

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The Tale Of Despereaux: Being The Story Of A Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup And A Spool Of Thread

by Kate Dicamillo
Illustrator: Timothy Basil Ering

Candlewick Press | April 11, 2006 | Trade Paperback

"Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious." - BOOKLIST (starred review)

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.

From the master storyteller who brought us BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE comes another classic, a fairy tale full of quirky, unforgettable characters, with twenty-four stunning black-and-white illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering. This paperback edition pays tribute to the book''s classicdesign, featuring a rough front and elegant gold stamping.
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    Brayden Kennedy

    Rating: 5/5

    Despereaux

    Brayden Kennedy

    2 years ago

    *Je m'excuse, je n'ai pas de accidentales (accents, cedis, ou chapeaux)*
    Cette livre est un tres bon livre pour tous le monde, mais maintenant tu peux voir la video. Mais si tu vois la video je sugere de lire cette livre en premier, parce que vraiment les livres sont plus bon que le film. Le livre generale etait tres interesant, et pres que impossible de s'arreter de lire. c'etait un bonne livre

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    Rating: 5/5

    As Delicous as a warm bowl of soup on a cold winter day!

    Lindsay

    2 years ago

    This book was just fantastic...Kate DiCamillo writes in such a unique and charming voice that it just invites you into the story. The Tale of Despereaux is the story of an extraordinarily small mouse who falls in love with a princess and the consequences of such a relationship. The tale is a simple one but again DICamillo's literary voice is so magical that the tale just leaps off the page into your heart. The story is great for parents to read together with their younger children or for older children looking for a bit of magic in their stories. Just fantastic!

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    Rating: 4/5

    A Thought-Provoking Read!

    Mariko Duknic

    3 years ago

    Readers beware: don't judge this book by the movie, for though the cinematic version was cute, thus book is a highly different matter. In fact, within the first few pages, I was shocked at the directness of the calculating implications about family values, social hierarchy and parental attitudes! Nevertheless, it was a very interesting read, not the least because it provides a picture of the Everyman Underdog from his point of view, and not from that of the usual overlord. As a constant student of literature, I would recommend this book be read with a parent or older sibling in order to explain some of the bluntness of life found within. It is an interesting and excellent work of literature, standing outside of the Children's Literature conventions and for this very reason, is highly worthy of note.

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    rosa

    Rating: 5/5

    the best book

    rosa

    7 years ago

    this is one of the best books i have ever read i read it in french i dont like reading in french but reading this book was awsome

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"Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious." - BOOKLIST (starred review)

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.

From the master storyteller who brought us BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE comes another classic, a fairy tale full of quirky, unforgettable characters, with twenty-four stunning black-and-white illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering. This paperback edition pays tribute to the book''s classicdesign, featuring a rough front and elegant gold stamping.

About the Author

Kate DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is the author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, a Newbery Honor book, and THE TIGER RISING, which was a National Book Award Finalist. Kate DiCamillo says, "A few years ago, my best friend's son asked me if I would write a story for him. 'Well,' I said, 'I don't normally write stories on command.' 'But this is a story that I know you would want to tell,' he said. 'It's about an unlikely hero. He has exceptionally large ears.' 'What happens to this hero?' I asked. 'I don't know,' he said. 'That's why I want you to write it down, so we can find out.' Well, Luke Bailey, three years later, here is the story of what happened to your exceptionally large-eared, unlikely hero."

Timothy Basil Ering is the author and illustrator of THE STORY OF FROG BELLY RAT BONE, and he also created the cover image and interior black-and-white drawings for 33 SNOWFISH by Adam Rapp. Of his inspiration for the illustrations in The TALE OF DESPEREAUX, he says, "My mother may have been a mouse in her past life, as I watched her save and help so many mice in our house while I was growing up. The illustrations I've done of Despereaux Tilling are, in a way, my tribute to her." Timothy Basil Ering's artwork has appeared in books, magazines, theater sets, private murals, and fine art galleries.


From the Hardcover edition.

Trade Paperback

272 Pages, 5.08 x 7.63 x 0.79 in

April 11, 2006

Candlewick Press

English


0763625299
9780763625290

From the Critics

"Forgivness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious."

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