DiCamillo, Kate. <br/><br/>
The tale of Despereaux :  being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread / 
Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Cambridge, MA :  Candlewick Press,  2003. 
 - 267 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Booklist,  7/1/2003  Horn Book Guide,  4/2004  Horn Book Magazine,  9/2003  Publisher's Weekly,  6/16/2003  School Library Journal,  8/2003  Voice of Youth Advocate,  10/2003 
<br/><br/> The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. 
<br/><br/> 3-6.  4.7.  Lexile value, 670  Metametrics. 
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<br/><br/> Newbery Medal, 2004 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0763617229 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002034760 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fairy tales.<br/>Mice--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ8.D525  / Tal 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]