pickSo cute! I loved it!
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread | 
pickSo cute! I loved it!
🐭Genres: Fairy tale, Fantasy Fiction
Started: Dec.24th, 2019
Completed: Jan.3rd, 2020
How did you choose the book: One of my friends recommended it.
Summary:
Genre: Fantasy fiction
Date Started: December 3rd
Date Completed: December 6th
How did you choose this book: My brother recommended it to me.
Write a brief summary of the novel: There was a mouse named despereaux. Unlike other mice, despereaux was brave. He set out on a quest to save a human princess from rats who kidnapped her.
Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.
pickThis book is a modern fantasy and we know this because of the fantasy aspects of the story like a mouse talking. I really liked this story, because the plot was original and intrigued me through the whole book
I think I would use this book in my classroom as a project where we read it through the weeks as our book time. I do no think a child could sit through the whole book at once but if it was broken up it could be entertaining.
pickThis F novel would be a great PR in class. It is about a mouse who is love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. If a mouse can love those things then maybe the students will learn to love those things too! The mouse goes on a journey that the students will love to follow along. I believe a story map would be a great activity to follow along and recap as they read together. #ucflae3414f19
pickKate DiCamillo has outdone herself again with this Newbery award winning story about a mouse, a rat, a scullery maid, and a princess. Despereaux is a little mouse who was born a little different than the others and partakes on a journey to save a princess from conniving ways of the rats down in the dungeon. This would be an incredible RA and DR book as it has a plot that would be awesome to see acted out on stage. #ucflae3414f19
pickThis is a sweet story of a small mouse on a quest. Graeme Malcolm does a fabulous job voicing the characters in the audiobook. A Newbery Medal winner. I‘m looking forward to hearing Kate DiCamillo speak next month.
pickThis F, Newbery Winning book written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering is about a brave mouse named Despereaux and his journey to save a human princess named Pea from rats. I read this book in 5th grade and remember quickly flipping through the pages to find out what happens next.
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“Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform.”
Book haul from my local library‘s book sale yesterday! 📚 Not pictured are three audio CDs for my preschooler, who is weirdly in love with listening to physical CDs on an old player. 😄
Are you consistent with your favorite author or does your preference change over time?
I‘ve grown out of most of my old favorites. 🙁
I‘m trying to figure out who might new favorites might be. Patrick Ness, William Kent Krueger, C.J. Tudor, & Alex North are all top contenders. I need to read more of their work before I can firmly call them favorites, though.
I can declare with confidence is that Kate DiCamillo is and will always be a favorite.
My son and I were discussing which was better.
pick"The Tale of Despereaux" (F) is written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrsted by Timothy Basil Ering. It tells the story of a mouse who lives in a kingdom where there is emnity between mice and humans. Despereaux is caught in the middle of a plot against the Princess and is faced with the reality that not all of life is like a fairytale. However, his adventures show how kindness and peacemaking can bring enemies together. Great for LC. #lae3414sp19
pickThe Tale is Despereaux was another classic book for me when I was growing up. This F novel by Kate DiCamillo is a great read for young readers. I remember the layout of this novel being different than any other book I had read before I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I recently ordered this book to add of my own library. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/genia-connell/2017/The-Tale-of-De...
pick⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ OUTSTANDING
One of the greatest children's bedtime story reads of all time. Kids enraptured, me, tears rolling down the cheeks with the simple beauty of the story of a reject mouse which covers all of life's big tickets - love, family, betrayal, hierarchy, injustice, freedom, oppression, bravery and linguistics! Read it to your little ones. Read it out-loud.
pickRead this to my #Sassafras earlier this month. He said that he liked “the part where Despereaux got born and his ears were so big”. It held my interest too. 🥄🥄🥄#soup 3🐀‘s
#agameoffavorites Local author - honorary member? Kate DiCamillo has lived in Minnesota for awhile now and wrote Because of Winn-Dixie during one of our infamous winters. My favorite though is the story of this brave mouse! One of Kate's favorite is also a classic - Charlotte's Web.
📖 Once Upon A Time 📖
Found a first edition, signed copy and illustration from The Tale of Despereaux.
These words put magic in the air. 💕
Working on this one tonight for #NewberyChallenge. I know I‘ve read it, but I just haven‘t documented it anywhere so it doesn‘t count to me.
Making a French apple cake with the 5yo as we listen to an audiobook together. It‘s his last few days of preschool this week and we wanted to make something for the teachers and staff. #24in48
I picked up this old ex-school library copy of Tale of Despereaux at @sandmanbookco the pages were no longer attached to the cover at that point but a little binding glue fixed that up. I don‘t know Mrs. Short but I feel like she has to have been a pretty great teacher to have bought a hard cover copy of this book for her students to enjoy till the pages fell out. 💕 #📖hearts 13) a tattered tome
An original galley of the #Tale Of despereaux. I was never a fan of this book. My copy got a bit water damaged when the Mattoon house flooded 2 years ago, but it's still readable.
#coolbooks @Linsy
Found a few more books for my #littlefreelibrary! Slow going so far but I am trying to rotate in something new a few times a week.
#CoolBooks #fairytales Daughter's third grade teacher introduced this #Tale to her class (a decade ago? ;)) I have yet to read this nor watch the movie.
"Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light."
Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux
#katedicamillo #thetaleofdespereaux #reading
pickMe: "What did you think of the book?"
Simon: "Good. Sad."
Me: "I agree. This story is very sad, but it is good too. What I like about this author is that she understands life. Life can be sad sometimes, but it is good anyway. She reminds us that we can always find beauty and love and light even when we are sad."
Simon: *pensively* "Yeah."
Me: "I really like Despereaux. He's small, but very brave. He never gives up."
Simon: "Just like me."
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pickI read this tale as one of my #FreakyFriday reads from @Hokey I truly found this tale of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread a wonderful tale. Despereaux is a mouse of mice.
@Hokey I have my books!!!! I am late starting, but, I am always late!! I am still looking for the other 5 and will add them to my tbr pile!! #freakyfriday
#FridayFavorites
1. Fantasy & SciFi
2. “Don‘t Panic.” Appropriate for a variety of situations.
3. One of the many I love to gift is Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
4. @Coleen 😀
pick4⭐ This was a cute, sweet, and positive children's book. I would have preferred the characters more flushed out, but it's probably about right for this age group. The ending could have been a bit more elaborated on. Overall, a good listen.
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#QuotsyFeb18 Day 13: Because the #Dark can only be vanquished by stories carrying luminosity. May the light find you this week through delicious books.
“Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.”
pickI just read this for the first time and was blown away! Kate DiCamillo built a world of magic centered around a wisp of a mouse who has no business being a hero. She narrates the story from a place of honesty- showing the reader that each character has a story that affects their choices. I didn't want to put it down and would recommend for any classroom!
pickThe Tale of Desperaux is a F novel written by Kate DiCamillo. It is a Newbery award winner and I would probably do an IR so that the students could read the novel at their own pace. The story is about a mouse who is tryring to save a princess from a bunch of rats. My teacher read this book aloud when I was in elementary school and it is definitely one of my favorites.
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