The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
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Book Description
Kate DiCamillo, author of the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, spins a tidy tale of mice and men where she explores the "powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous" nature of love, hope, and forgiveness. Her old-fashioned, somewhat dark story, narrated "Dear Reader"-style, begins "within the walls of a castle, with the birth of a mouse." Despereaux Tilling, the new baby mouse, is different from... More
Book Information
Publisher | Thorndike Press |
Binding | Hardcover (53 editions) |
Reading Level | Ages 9-12 |
# of Pages | 247 |
ISBN-10 | 0786265787 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0786265787 |
Publication Date | 06/10/2004 |
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4/27/2010 Mary Sandford said: Wonderful! No surprise it won the Newbery, but a bit of a surprise that the constant narrative to Reader worked so well.
tags: I recommend
tags: I recommend
11/17/2009 jacklyn curb said:
tags: 4 year old loved it, I recommend, I read
This is the story is of a little mouse that does not live by the rules of the other mice, and finds great adventure. The little mouse’s name certainly does not sound like a brave, adventure seeking hero’s name, but that is the way it is supposed to be. DiCamillo talks directly to the reader at t... more
tags: 4 year old loved it, I recommend, I read
10/10/2009 Nicole Acomb said: This story was so cute! I loved how the author spoke to the reader, and the lesson about consequences was cleverly intergraded into the story. I was a little surprised/confused with the large size of the font, paired with the short chapters, but very long length of the book (almost 300 pages).
tags: I read
tags: I read
6/9/2009 Kelly Burstow said: Wonderfully written. My children loved me reading this book to them. I love reading it to them too! Great book to read aloud.
5/12/2009 Debbie Williamson said: I love Kate DiCamillo and Despereaux is charming..
tags: I recommend
tags: I recommend
4/26/2009 SJ Kessel said:
DiCamillo, K. (2003). The Tale of Despereaux. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
9780763625290
The Tale of Despereaux plays with both story structure and time to tell the tale of how an outsider and small mouse can save a human princess from a rat and misguided servant girl.
The book, a Ne... more
2/17/2009 Harold Clark said: A great story by one of my favorite authors. An unlikely hero with big ears.
tags: I recommend
tags: I recommend
10/25/2008 Angela Mann said: 167714
tags: stories, spoons, soup, red thread, read-aloud, rats, princess, music, mouse, light, dungeons, classic, childrens lit, adventure
tags: stories, spoons, soup, red thread, read-aloud, rats, princess, music, mouse, light, dungeons, classic, childrens lit, adventure
4/10/2008 Naomi Hawkins Rowe said: A superb book that is beautifully written and original. I only wish I had written it.
tags: Read it - it will make you want to be a better writer
tags: Read it - it will make you want to be a better writer
4/7/2007 j p said:
tags: Inspired me, I recommend, I read
Spend enough time with this book and the narrative may start to grate on your nerves; however, DiCamillo's mimicing of fairy tale narrative is effective and inspiring to the right reader as I found out first hand. The main characters are dynamic and actually fall outside the realm of a normal fairy... more
tags: Inspired me, I recommend, I read
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