Author: Kate Dicamillo, Timothy B. Ering (Illustrator)
Translator: Gyong-mi Kim
Publisher: Biryongso
Hardcover | 233 pages | 215*158mm
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About This Book
Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
Kate DiCamillo, author of the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, spins a
tidy tale of mice and men where she explores the "powerful, wonderful, and
ridiculous" nature of love, hope, and forgiveness. Her old-fashioned, somewhat
dark story, narrated "Dear Reader"-style, begins "within the walls of a castle,
with the birth of a mouse." Despereaux Tilling, the new baby mouse, is different
from all other mice. Sadly, the romantic, unmouselike spirit that leads the
unusually tiny, large-eared mouse to the foot of the human king and the
beautiful Princess Pea ultimately causes him to be banished by his own father to
the foul, rat-filled dungeon.
The first book of four tells Despereaux's sad story, where he falls deeply in
love with Princess Pea and meets his cruel fate. The second book introduces
another creature who differs from his peers--Chiaroscuro, a rat who instead of
loving the darkness of his home in the dungeon, loves the light so much he ends
up in the castle& in the queen's soup. The third book describes young Miggery
Sow, a girl who has been "clouted" so many times that she has cauliflower ears.
Still, all the slow-witted, hard-of-hearing Mig dreams of is wearing the crown
of Princess Pea. The fourth book returns to the dungeon-bound Despereaux and
connects the lives of mouse, rat, girl, and princess in a dramatic denouement.
Children whose hopes and dreams burn secretly within their hearts will relate to
this cast of outsiders who desire what is said to be out of their reach and dare
to break "never-to-be-broken rules of conduct." Timothy Basil Ering's pencil
illustrations are stunning, reflecting DiCamillo's extensive light and darkness
imagery as well as the sweet, fragile nature of the tiny mouse hero who lives
happily ever after. --Karin Snelson
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