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| Subtitle | Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread |
| First Written | 2003 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Origin | US |
| Publisher | Candlewick |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0763680893 |
| My Copy | paperback |
| First Read | August 18, 2014 |
The Tale of Despereaux
We read this one at bedtime by Trudy's request - she had read it with her class at school and really liked it. We had a copy because Erika and I bought it YEARS ago to read to each other on a long road trip. That was pre-kids, but also pre-podcasts and pre-streaming radio, so long road trips had very, very limited options for audio back then.
This was better than I remembered! Kate Dicamilo writes books that are FUN to read out loud. Of course it's too preachy, but that's probably par for the 'favorite kids book' course.
Noted on April 18, 2019