Title:
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.
ISBN:
9781536228670
Personal Author:
Edition:
Deluxe anniversary edition.
Twentieth anniversary edition.
Publication Information:
Sommerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
©2003
Physical Description:
287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes a brand-new short story, “The Tapestry at Norendy,” inspired by the world of Despereaux.
"Signed copy."--Book jacket.
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal, 2004
Contents:
A mouse is born -- Chiaroscuro -- Gor! The tale of Miggery Sow -- Recalled to the light -- Coda -=- The tapestry at Norendy : an original short story.
Summary:
"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 one another’s lives. And what happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out."-- Provided by publisher.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 4.7.
Accelerated Reader MG 4.7 5.0.
Reading Counts! 4.8.
A.R. 4.7 5.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 5.0.
Added Author:
Audience:
670L Lexile.
OCLC Number:
on1362484635
Availability:
~0
