Like most well done children’s books, The Tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread by Kate DiCamillo is saturated with real-world truths to learn from. Dicamillo tells this story in second person perspective and draws the reader in throughout. It’s rather enjoyable.
Nutshell: A little mouse allows the princess to see him, and then he even talks to her! The rest of the mice sentence him to life (a very short one) in the dungeon where the rats live. To the characters’ surprise, his story doesn’t end there...
A+ [Story/Plot A+; Characters A; Content A+; Setting A]
Genre/Subject: Fiction/Fantasy; Animals
Additional Note: Newbery Award Winner: 2004; AR Level 4.7
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