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

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

DiCamillo, Kate
Ering, Timothy Basil

Hardcover

AnimalsFairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 0763617229
ISBN13: 9780763617226
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: Aug 25 2003
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award, Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Colorado Blue Spruce Award, Colorado Blue Spruce Award, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Garden State Children's Book Awards, Golden Archer Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Land of Enchantment Book Award, Maine Student Book Award, Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award, Minnesota Book Award, Newbery Medal, Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007), Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Rhode Island Children's Book Awards, Sequoyah Book Awards, Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Volunteer State Book Awards, Young Reader's Choice Award
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie enlightens us with a tale of adventure, despair, love, and soup.

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. And 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, featuring twenty-four stunning black-and-white illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering, in an elegant design that pays tribute to the best in classic children's books and bookmaking traditions.

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