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Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Ering
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First Published:
Aug 2003, 272 pages
Paperback:
Apr 2006, 272 pages
This article relates to The Tale of Despereaux
The last few years have been golden for Kate DiCamillo, and rightly so.
Her run of success started with
Because of Winn Dixie in 2000, followed by the not so successful,
The Tiger Rising. The came
The Tale of Despereaux in 2003, Mercy Watson To The Rescue in
2005 and the very wonderful,
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane in 2006.
She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, raised in Clermont, Florida, and
currently live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She says that "I hate to cook and love
to eat. I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt
to three lovely children (Luke, Roxanne, and Max) and one not so lovely dog
(Henry)."
Tim Ering illustrated Despereaux. His artwork has appeared in books, magazines, theater sets, private murals, and fine art galleries. The invariably paint-splattered artist lives and works in Somerville, Massachusetts. You can read more about him at BookBrowse.
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