DiCamillo, Kate. <br/><br/>
The tale of Despereaux :  being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread / 
by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. 
 - Cambridge, MA :  Candlewick Press,  2003. 
 - p.  cm. 
<br/><br/> Summary: The adventures of Despereaux 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-7636-1722-9 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fairy tales<br/>Mice--Fiction