01060cam a2200265 4500 62134230 TxAuBib 20041015120000.0 041015s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002034760 9780763617226 alk. paper 0763617229 alk. paper TxAuBib DiCamillo, Kate. The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2003. 267 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 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. 20041015. Fairy tales. Mice Juvenile fiction. Ering, Timothy B., ill. Candlewick Press.