The Tale of Despereaux

by Kate DiCamillo
Category: "Fiction - Chapter Books"
Pages:272
Year of Publication:2003
Date Added:03/24/2004
Date Read:07/25/2004
Notes:Subtitle: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. A charming story of unlikely heroes whose destinies entwine to bring about a joyful resolution. Foremost is Despereaux, a diminutive mouse who, as depicted in Ering's pencil drawings, is one of the most endearing of his ilk ever to appear in children's books. Thread.
My Rating: 5

Reviews for The Tale of Despereaux

Review - Tale of Despereaux, The

The Tale of Despereaux won the Newbery Award, but I don't know why. I felt throughout that the author was trying much too hard to be cute. The characters were inconsistent and even the hero, Despereaux, didn't actually DO anything — he just TRIED to be heroic. If this is the best that today's children's literature can achieve, I'll stick to the old classics.

Thank you for listening.

Reviewed by Roger on 2004-07-27 10:09:17

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