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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of Despereaux) 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. User Submitted The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of Despereaux) ReviewsAugust 18, 2008 An Amazing Adventure Anyone Can Love 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". August 14, 2008 Teachers, This is a must for your classroom this year. 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. August 13, 2008 great book 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. August 3, 2008 Sweet Book! 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! July 1, 2008 I did not like this book but my daughter did 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. June 18, 2008 Marvelous I have to read 4 Newbery Award books for a College Literature class I am taking this summer. This book has been the best so far! I have refound my LONG lost love for Children's literature! Read it aloud to a child and watch their eyes sparkle! It is wonderful! I am reading it silently alone because I have a strict time limit, but I am also reading it nightly to my 10 and 2 year old children. Even my 2 year old just lays by my side in wonder as I read this charming tale. This is one to keep on the book shelf for years to come! June 14, 2008 The Tale of Despereaux A book you can read to kids with great drama and they love it. A good tale well told, my 3yr.old and 6 year old grandkids loved it. Highly recommend this book June 4, 2008 It's OK The Tale of Despereaux is really 3 stories in one that all intertwine around one central character, the Princess Pea, at the end. It is the story of Despereaux Tilling, an uncommonly small mouse who was born with his eyes open and who has uncommonly large ears and who falls in love with the Princess Pea; it is the story of the rat Chiaroscuro, who discovers the joys of light even though his place should be in the dungeon and learns a great hatred for and wishes for revenge on the Princess Pea; and it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted servant girl whose greatest wish in the world is to be just like the Princess Pea. I was intrigued by this book after a friend recommended DiCamillo's The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, which is a beautiful cathartic tale of love and loss. The Tale of Despereaux just doesn't seem to have the same impact on me. Ultimately, it is a story of forgiveness and redemption, but it all seemed a little too mannered and forced for my taste. Perhaps in the right hands, this story would be perfect, but I found it lacking in any real substance. It's not a bad tale, but not perfect. June 1, 2008 an awesome mouse This book is so good, and a lot of other people that I know think so, too. This book is about a mouse that broke two rules of being a mouse. Those rules were not to talk to humans, and not to let humans touch you. The mouse' name is Despereaux. His brother's name is Furlough. Despereaux falls in love with Princess Pea, but gets sent to the dungeon for breaking two very strict rules of being a mouse. Then there is this rat called Ruscuro. Ruscuro meets a girl named Miggery Sow. Later, Despereaux gets out of the dungeon and goes to save the princess. The best things about this book are funny. Like the time Despereaux had to hold on to the tail of Ruscuros brother and then the book says "Reader, have you ever held on to a rat's tail before?" My favorite character is Ruscuro because he always looks mischievous and that makes him seem like he would do something really cool the next chapter. There is nothing I don't like about this book. My least favorite character is Miggery Sow because she is fat and does not do much but say "I want to be princess". You should get this book if you love reading very interesting and adventurous books. May 29, 2008 So good I couldn't put it down! This story is about a mouse called Despereaux, a rat called Roscuro, a princess called Pea and girl who wanted to be a princess named Miggery Sow. Despereax loves the princess, Roscuro loves the light and Miggery Sow is dying to be a princess. 1. I liked the way the book had a new chapter when I was really looking forward to finding out what was going to happen next. 2. I also liked how Despereaux loved music and he talked to the princess. 3. What I didn't like was that the cook was an animal killer. You really have to read this book, it was so good I couldn't put it down!! (Review written by Sara) Here's what Yan Yee thinks of this book: In this book, there is a little mouse called Desperaux. One day, his dad sent him to the dungeon because he talked to the princess called Pea and let her touch his head and that is against the mouse law. One night while the princess was sleeping, the servant called Miggery Sow and the rat Roscuro kidnapped her and took her to the dungeon. The first reason I liked this book is that it is very frightening when the rat Roscuro kidnapped the princess. The second reason is that funny things happen like the rat falling into the queen's soup. The third reason is that they all live happily ever after. I am sure that children will like Desperaux for a bedtime story. For more The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of Despereaux) reviews click here.
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