The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo. 274 p. Candlewick Press, August, 2003. 9780763617226.
Happy Thursday! #tbt features The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo. Despereaux Tilling is an odd little mouse with big dreams of being a hero. He was born with his eyes wide open, which was notable since mice are born blind. He also loved to read and had a crush on Princess Pea. When he does have the opportunity to speak with her, he is led out of the room because mice are closely related to rats and rats are outlawed in the kingdom. Unfortunately for Despereaux, speaking to humans is outlawed among the mice and he is sent to the dungeon to die. He is saved by the jailer thanks to the power of storytelling. Unfortunately for Princess Pea, there is a rat, Roscuro, who vows revenge.
This charming tale of a mouse with a big heart was published in August of 2003 and won the 2004 Newbery Medal. You may recall that Ms. DiCamillo's debut novel, Because of Winn Dixie, won a Newbery Honor in 2000. She won her second Newbery Medal in 2014 for Flora and Ulysses: the Illuminated Adventures. The Youth Media Awards will be announced on Monday January 24. If Ms. DiCamillo wins the Newbery Medal for The Beatryce Prophecy, she will be the first author to win three Newbery Medals.
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