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The Tale of Despereaux Movie Tie-In Junior Novelization | 
| Author: Candlewick
Publisher: Candlewick
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 39851
Media: Paperback
Edition: Mti
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 076364076X
EAN: 9780763640767
ASIN: 076364076X
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
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Product Description
This lively junior novelization of the film The Tale of Despereaux tells the story of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux, a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro, a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea, a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father's grief; and Mig, a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is forced to serve the jailer. An eight-page full-color insert of stills from the movie is included.br brKate DiCamillo's literary classic about Despereaux Tilling has enchanted children and adults around the globe. In this tale of bravery, forgiveness and redemption, one small creature teaches a kingdom that it takes only a little light to show the truth: What you look like doesn't equal what you are. Published in 23 languages, with more than 2 million copies in print, a New York Times #1 bestseller and winner of the Newbery Medal, The Tale of Despereaux is now animated adventure from Universal Pictures.br brTHE TALE OF DESPEREAUX is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. All Rights Reserved.
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 Two boys' review: Skip the Movie Tie-in and buy the original! December 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
WARNING: Some people will reach for this book first as it has the movie version of Despereaux on the cover and features eight pages of full-color movie stills. Before you do, check out this review.br /br /Despereaux, a tiny mouse with an appetite for books and music, aspires to greater things. His passion and cultured nature subsequently leads to his banishment from Mouseworld for being more like a man than a mouse. When the princess is kidnapped, Despereaux takes action, proving what you look like doesn't equal what you are.br /br /My sons, ages 6 and 4, are a bit younger than the target audience (8-to-12-year olds) for The Tale of Despereaux so I went to a bookstore to look over the options. That's where I came across this movie tie-in junior novelization. I also found The Tale of Despereaux Movie Tie-In Storybook and The Tale of Despereaux: The Graphic Novel on the shelves.br /br /I could find no compelling reason to pass over the Newbery Medal-winning book, The Tale of Despereaux for the junior novelization of any other movie tie-in.br /br /This junior novelization and the paperback edition of the original are eligible for Amazon's 4-for-3 promotion (Buy any 4 eligible items and get the lowest-priced item free.) So, again, there's no advantage to choosing the movie tie-in edition over the original.br /br /In summary, skip this junior novelization and the other movie tie-in editions and stick with the original, which is more than accessible for young readers.br /br /BTW: Our introduction to author Kate DiCamillo came by way of her Christmas picture book, Great Joy, which I also highly recommend and gave a 5-star review here on Amazon.br /
 Fun sneak peek at movie November 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My kids are big fans of The Tale of Despereaux, so they were excited to read this book. It's not the same as the original story. It's not meant to be. Children should definitely read the classic original book first. But this is a fun, easy-to read version of the movie. We are all looking forward to watching this film soon!
NOT Di Camillo's Novel November 23, 2008
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is an abomination: a novelization of the movie, created so that kids will not have to experience the horror of discovering that book and movie are often not the same. The actual "Tale of Despereaux" won the Newberry Award and is highly readable. Why has this insult to the intelligence of children been brought out to compete with it? I work in a bookstore, and if I could send back all of our copies of this book, I would.
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