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

Edition First edition Published Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008 Cambridge, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2003 ©2003

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Description 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm regular print Series Newbery Medal winner ; 2004 Newbery Medal winner ; 2004 Contents A mouse is born -- Chiaroscuro -- Gor! The tale of Miggery Sow -- Recalled to the light -- Coda Summary The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin Analysis Reading group guide Notes Newbery Medal winner 2004 670 Lexile Audience Elementary Grade Notes Accelerated Reader 4.7 Reading Counts! 4.8 Newbery Medal, 2004 Subject Women household employees -- Juvenile fiction. Mice -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories. Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 5 - Year 6 Fantasy fiction, American. Mice -- Fiction. Mice -- Juvenile fiction. Princesses -- Fiction. Rats -- Fiction. Newbery Medal. Princesses -- Juvenile fiction. Rats -- Juvenile fiction. Mice -- Fiction. Fairy tales. SUBJECT Sequoyah Children's Award books Genre/Form Fairy tales. Children's stories Juvenile materials. Curriculum resource. Fairy tales. Juvenile materials Curriculum resource Children's fiction Juvenile works. Illustrated works. Author Ering, Timothy B., illustrator LC no. 2002034760 ISBN 9780763617226 9780763692797 0763692794 0763617229

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