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

English

Series: Tale of Despereaux Ser.

ISBN: 0763617229

EAN: 9780763617226

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Etc./Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General/

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Release Date: 09/03/2003

Age Range: 7-10

Synopsis: WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL! Kate DiCamillo introduces a hero for all time! 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 others 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 childrens books and bookmaking traditions. The beloved author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE enlightens us with a tale of adventure, despair, love, and soup.

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  Bilby (Books I Love Best Yearly) Award – null  Bluegrass Award – null  Book Sense Book of the Year – null  Charlie May Simon Childrens Book Award – null  Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award – null  Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award – null  Dorothy Canfield Fisher Childrens Book Award – null  Garden State Childrens Book Awards – null  Golden Archer Award (Wisconsin) – null  Great Lakes Great Books Award – null  Land of Enchantment Book Award – null  Maine Student Book Award – null  Massachusetts Childrens Book Award – null  Minnesota Book Awards – null  Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Childrens Literature – null  Newbery Medal – null  PEN Center USA West Literary Awards – null  Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award – null  Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Books – null  Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award – null  Rhode Island Childrens Book Award – null  Sequoyah Book Award – null  Sunshine State Young Readers Book Award – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award – null  Young Readers Choice Award – null 

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

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 6.25 inches

Length: 8.5 inches

Weight: 17.64 oz

Pages: 272