03136cam a2200445 i 4500 406171292 TxAuBib 20191213120000.0 020830s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002034760 9780763617226 alk. paper $17.99 0763617229 alk. paper $17.99 TxAuBib rda DiCamillo, Kate. The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2003. 270, [4] : ill. ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia rdacarrier "This book was typeset in Garamond Ludlow"--Verso t.p. "The illustrations were done in pencil"--Verso t.p. A mouse is born -- Chiaroscuro -- Gor! The tale of Miggery Sow -- Recalled to the light -- Coda. The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. 20191213. Cat juv 20031222 gik. Mod juv 20040115 gik. Cat juvspc 20070810 gik. Newbery Medal (2004); Booklist Editor's Choice/Books for Youth (2003); Blue Hen Book Award Chapter Book Winner (2005); Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Winner (2006); New Hampshire Cochecho Readers' Award Winner (2004-2005); Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Chileren's Book Award Winner (2005); Garden State Children's Book Award Winner (2006); Wisconsin Gold Archer Award Winner (2005); Michigan Great Lakes Great Book Award Winner (2005); Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award Winner (2005); Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner (2005); New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Young Adult Book Award Winner (2006); Maine Student Book Award Winner (2005); Minnesota Book Awards Young Adult Literature Finalist (2004); Mitten Award Honor Book (2003); Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature Finalist (2004); Parent's Choice Award Silver (2003); PEN Center USA Literary Awards Finalist (2004); Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Second Place (2006); Rhode Island Children's Book Award Winner (2005); Sequoyah Book Award Winner (2006); United States White Ravens Award Winner (2004); Tennessee Volunter State Book Award Winner (2006); United States Young Reader's Choice Award Winner (2006); A Junior Library Guild Selection. John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 2004. Mice Juvenile fiction. Rats Juvenile fiction. Wishes Juvenile fiction. Princesses Juvenile fiction. Household employees Juvenile fiction. Fairy Tales. Ering, Timothy B. Newbery Award 2004.