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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
2.5 stars. Not my favorite by this author—was just ok for me
Loved it. Excellent audiobook. A bit scary for kids with talk of dungeons, rats, mice, bones, and blood. But an excellent story, cleverly played out.
Children's fiction doesn't get much better than this. This book could be read many times over and it would not disappoint. It's a story about family, betrayal, forgiveness , love, friendship, and bravery.
I give this 5 stars because Walt (age 6) was just so entranced by it as I read it aloud. He loved the drama and the emotional highs and lows and the romanticism. He even told me that he really liked how the author addressed the reader (his first literary criticism?). A great read aloud that we both really enjoyed.
adventurous
dark
Wanted so much to like this book. I didn't mind that it was much darker than I anticipated. I just couldn't get into the style of the author's writing.
The Tale of Despereaux is a super cute children’s book which occasionally addresses and questions the reader. The story follows a curious mouse with extra large ears, a sad rat, a not so smart farm girl, a princess and their interactions. The pencil drawings are soft and whimsical.
A really delightful children's story. It wasn't as rich as the Redwall books (to compare to other stories of valiant woodland creatures), the illustrations (excepting mice and inanimate objects) were off-putting, and the stereotypes (even accounting for the generalizations that come with childhood and good & evil) were offensive at times. The best part was the narration: the narrator speaks directly to the reader numerous times and also has some lovely antiquated phrasings.
A story about a misunderstood mouse who falls in love wtih Princess Pea, a real girl, a rat named Roscurio who lives in a dungeon, and an ugly girl name Miggery Sow and how all of their lives intertwine. A great new classic fairy tale.
This is the kind of book that makes me excited to have kids so that I can read it to them