The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux

by Kate DiCamillo
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 08/09/2009

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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.

ISBN:
9780763649432
9780763649432
Category:
Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
08-09-2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Kate DiCamillo

Kate DiCamillo is one of America's most beloved storytellers. She is a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a two-time winner of the Newbery Medal, for The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis.

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