The Tale of Despereaux Unabridged edition by DiCamillo, Kate published by Listening Library (Audio) Audio CD
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The Tale of Despereaux Unabridged edition by DiCamillo, Kate published by Listening Library (Audio) Audio CD The Tale of Despereaux Unabridged edition by DiCamillo, Kate published by Listening Library (Audio) Audio CD was published by Listening Library.
Book Information
Publisher | Listening Library |
Binding | Audio CD (53 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | N/A |
ISBN-10 | B008JLVD76 |
Publication Date | 04/12/2005 |
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4/27/2010 Mary Sandford said: Wonderful! No surprise it won the Newbery, but a bit of a surprise that the constant narrative to Reader worked so well.
tags: I recommend
tags: I recommend
11/17/2009 jacklyn curb said:
tags: 4 year old loved it, I recommend, I read
This is the story is of a little mouse that does not live by the rules of the other mice, and finds great adventure. The little mouse’s name certainly does not sound like a brave, adventure seeking hero’s name, but that is the way it is supposed to be. DiCamillo talks directly to the reader at t... more
tags: 4 year old loved it, I recommend, I read
10/10/2009 Nicole Acomb said: This story was so cute! I loved how the author spoke to the reader, and the lesson about consequences was cleverly intergraded into the story. I was a little surprised/confused with the large size of the font, paired with the short chapters, but very long length of the book (almost 300 pages).
tags: I read
tags: I read
6/9/2009 Kelly Burstow said: Wonderfully written. My children loved me reading this book to them. I love reading it to them too! Great book to read aloud.
5/12/2009 Debbie Williamson said: I love Kate DiCamillo and Despereaux is charming..
tags: I recommend
tags: I recommend
4/26/2009 SJ Kessel said:
DiCamillo, K. (2003). The Tale of Despereaux. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
9780763625290
The Tale of Despereaux plays with both story structure and time to tell the tale of how an outsider and small mouse can save a human princess from a rat and misguided servant girl.
The book, a Ne... more
2/17/2009 Harold Clark said: A great story by one of my favorite authors. An unlikely hero with big ears.
tags: I recommend
tags: I recommend
10/25/2008 Angela Mann said: 167714
tags: stories, spoons, soup, red thread, read-aloud, rats, princess, music, mouse, light, dungeons, classic, childrens lit, adventure
tags: stories, spoons, soup, red thread, read-aloud, rats, princess, music, mouse, light, dungeons, classic, childrens lit, adventure
4/10/2008 Naomi Hawkins Rowe said: A superb book that is beautifully written and original. I only wish I had written it.
tags: Read it - it will make you want to be a better writer
tags: Read it - it will make you want to be a better writer
4/7/2007 j p said:
tags: Inspired me, I recommend, I read
Spend enough time with this book and the narrative may start to grate on your nerves; however, DiCamillo's mimicing of fairy tale narrative is effective and inspiring to the right reader as I found out first hand. The main characters are dynamic and actually fall outside the realm of a normal fairy... more
tags: Inspired me, I recommend, I read
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