Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's …
The Tale of Despereaux
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Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out.
audio cd
English language
Published April 12, 2005 by Listening Library (Audio).
Subjects
- Juvenile Fiction
- Fiction
- Children's audiobooks
- Children's Audio - 9-12
- Royalty (kings queens princes princesses knights etc.)
- Children: Grades 4-6
- Mice
- General
- Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title
- Juvenile Fiction / General
- Animals - Mice Hamsters Guinea Pigs etc.
- Fairy tales