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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( 3 customer ratings | )
Author: DiCamillo, Kate
Illustrator: Ering, Timothy Basil
Series title:Tale of Despereaux Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7636-2529-0
Publication Date:Apr 2006
Publisher:Candlewick Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.99
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Etc.
Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.109 x 7.566 x 0.741 Inches
Book Weight:0.493 Pounds
Author Biography
Dicamillo, Kate (Author)
Kate DiCamillo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1964. She received an English degree from the University of Florida. At the age of thirty, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked for a book warehouse on the children's floor. After working there for four and a half years, she fell in love with children's books and began writing. DiCamillo wrote the 2001 Newbery-honor book, Because of Winn-Dixie, which was adapted into a film in 2005. In 2004, she won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux, which was also adapted into a movie in 2008, and for Flora and Ulysses in 2013. Her other works include the Mercy Watson series, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician's Elephant. She was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for the term 2014-2015.

Kate's title, Raymie Nightingale, mde the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.

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