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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780763617226 |
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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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About the Author
Timothy Basil Ering is the author and illustrator of The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone, and he also created the cover image and interior black-and-white drawings for 33 Snowfish by Adam Rapp.
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Amber, March 19, 2008 (view all comments by Amber)
I've read other books by Dicamillo and feel that this may be her best. This is a book that begs (and deserves) to be read out loud. To the commentor who feels abuse was made light of, I would counter that nothing was made light of. This is a very serious book about very serious subjects--love, hope, and the connectedness of all creatures and events.
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dawnm74, October 3, 2006 (view all comments by dawnm74)
I teach an LD classroom with students who normally do not enjoy reading. My class loved this book. When I would reach the end of a chapter and would stop reading for the day, they would beg me to read more. They couldn't wait to find out what happened next. Stories like this are what motivate kids to learn to read better.
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rfgraham, August 5, 2006 (view all comments by rfgraham)
I feel the Newberry committee deserves to be scolded on their choice of ?The tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo, a Newberry medal winner; a child is abused and abandoned is not interesting enough the author felt the child should be slow-witted, fat and lazy as well. How dare the author make light of a child who is gratuitously scolded, beaten and abandoned. It added nothing to the story other than showing she had a ?ridiculous wish? this author should be ashamed of herself.
A child who has faced abandonment, abuse and injury deserves to have a wish and not thought of as ?ridiculous.?
I feel this author is un-kind and insulting to the 600,000 at-risk children in this country who dream of a day of safety. Are their dreams of a home and family ?ridiculous??
Those bitten by abandonment, afflicted with abuse and inoculated into a crumbling foster care system are every bid entitled to have their wishes validated.
Children who are abused, abandoned, un-wanted, un-loved are suffering a disease. This disease is sometimes more debilitating and often just as deadly as many medical condition. For many of them it is a chronic illness from which they will never recover.
I am insulted that as a society we have accepted literature such as this to be read to our children.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780763617226
- Subtitle:
- Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
- Author:
- Illustrator:
- Ering, Timothy Basil
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Candlewick Press (MA)
- Location:
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Animals - Mice Hamsters Guinea Pigs etc.
- Subject:
- Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Fantasy
- Subject:
- Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
- Subject:
- Mice
- Subject:
- Fairy tales
- Subject:
- Juvenile materials
- Copyright:
- 2003
- Edition Number:
- 1st ed.
- Series Volume:
- 107-484
- Publication Date:
- August 2003
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- Elementary and junior high
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 8.70x6.36x1.05 in. 1.10 lbs.
- Age Level:
- 07-12
- Notes:
Newbery Award Winner 2005
YRCA 2006 Winner: Junior division
