The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by DICAMILLO, KATE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First edition. Illustrated in black-and-white by Timothy Basil Ering. Fine in original pictorial boards and fine pictorial dust/Fine
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First edition. Illustrated in black-and-white by Timothy Basil Ering. Fine in original pictorial boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. A Newbery Honor book. Octavo. 270 pages. A wonderful copy of this famous tale.
Synopsis
The Tale of Despereaux, also known as The Tale of Desperaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread is a 2003 Newbery Medal winning children's fantasy book written by Kate DiCamillo. It tells the story of a mouse, named Despereaux, on a quest to rescue a beautiful human princess. The book was adapted into an animated film in 2008. The novel is divided into four books and a coda. Each book tells the story from the perspective of a different character.
Reviews
On Oct 7 2014, a reader said:
It was interesting to see how the strings all came together at the end. A tale about a mouse falling in love with a princess is quite a premise, but DiCamillo is so good, I think her book Edward Tulane is even better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29079
- Title
- The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
- Author
- DICAMILLO, KATE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First edition. Illustrated in black-and-white by Timothy Basil Ering. Fine in original pictorial boards and fine pictorial dust
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 2003
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NEWBERRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...