The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering.
Material type:
TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2006, ©2003.Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 267, [10] pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0763625299
- 9780763625290
- 9780763617226
- 0763617229
- 9780756965808
- 0756965802
- 9781518204906
- 1518204902
- Newbery Medal, 2004.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | DiCamill Kate | Available | 33111008426674 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
670 Lexile.
Originally published in 2003. Reprinted in 2006 with an excerpt of the author's "The Magician's Elephant."
A mouse is born -- Chiaroscuro -- Gor! The tale of miggery sow -- Recalled to the light -- Coda.
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.
Newbery Medal, 2004.