Tale of Despereaux

DiCAMILLO, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick [2003]. 8vo, 272pp. Color pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers;22 full-page b&w illustrations. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed).Signed by the author, two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo.

First edition, in the first state dust jacket, having no barcode or printed price.2004 Newbery Medal Winner!Despereaux Tilling isa mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. Roscuro is a rat who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And Miggery Sow is a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. How these three find their lives intertwining in the most remarkable adventure makes for a spellbinding tale. The basis for the animated film of the same name.