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India Press Store - The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of Despereaux)
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List Price: $7.99
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Manufacturer: Candlewick
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780763625290
ISBN: 0763625299
Label: Candlewick
Manufacturer: Candlewick
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2006-04-11
Publisher: Candlewick
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: 2006-04-11
Studio: Candlewick
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Summary: An Amazing Adventure Anyone Can Love
Comment: This is one of my favorite books of all time! It's a beautiful story. The plot and characters are amazing! You feel like the author is really talking to you. She tells you things and you know she is because she says "Dear reader" when telling you something. At one point in the story she tells you to look a word up in the dictionary because she knows you might not know what it means. Desperaux lives in a castle with a beautiful princess who he soon falls in love with. He is a strange little mouse. Infact, he was born with his eyes open. He can read also. He meets different people there in the castle: a servant girl who is jealous of the princess, was sold by her own father and beaten; and there are plenty of others. If you like this book, you would also enjoy "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane".
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Summary: Teachers, This is a must for your classroom this year.
Comment: Since Disney is planning to have this book come out as a movie in December, it is the perfect time to read this book in class. Then the class could go on a field trip to see the movie for a Christmas treat.
I love how the book talks to the "reader" and teaches vocabulary while telling the story. Great for schools.
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Summary: great book
Comment: the book was exiting. It was about a mouse called Despereaux Tilling. And one time Furlough Despereaux brother took him for a walk in the castle. Despereaux sneaked out one night to go around the castle, and he saw a human. Tha human was the princess. the princess was with her dad the and the king was singing a song to princess so could to sleep. one second later the princess sees Despereaux. and that is when the adventures happen. its a great book for kids i recomend this book to kids that like adventures.
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Summary: Sweet Book!
Comment: I read this to my 6 year old son after my 11 year old mentioned that he really liked it when they read it back in fourth grade. My six year old begged me to read more and more every night. It is written so well! It kept his attention throughout - even though it talks about love and princesses! It is a great little adventure and it covers some intense and complicated feelings and experiences that are hard for younger kids to grasp, but it is written in a way that makes it accessible for them too. It is a great read!
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Summary: I did not like this book but my daughter did
Comment: I found this book to be rather stupid and a pathetic story to boot. First of all, who would name a princess Pea? But, more to the point, the story includes a girl who is sold by her father and then beaten up by her owner. Why is that a good plot line for a childrens' book? My nine-year-old daughter liked it however. I thought some of the plot twists and turns odd like the jailer and the dungeon he works in. And the Miggery Sow character sad, and not at all sympathetic. I liked the little mouse, however. I just did not like it. I don't know why kids do.
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Editorial Reviews:
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"Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious." — BOOKLIST (starred review)
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. 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, with twenty-four stunning black-and-white illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering. This paperback edition pays tribute to the book's classicdesign, featuring a rough front and elegant gold stamping.
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