The Tale of Despereaux Deluxe Anniversary Edition: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (a Middle-Grade Novel of Coura staff pick People pleaser to a fault

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The Tale of Despereaux Deluxe Anniversary Edition: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (a Middle-Grade Novel of Coura staff pick People pleaser to a faultCelebrate twenty years of Despereaux with a splendid anniversary edition including a bonus original short story from Kate DiCamillo and a new piece of art by Timothy Basil Ering. Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow witted