The tale of Despereaux
Subtitle: the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
By: Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
Contributors: Ering, Timothy B., illustrator
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781844289936
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Rats; Juvenile fiction; Mice; Women household employees; Princesses
Other titles: Despereaux
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally published: 2004.