Publication date August 25, 2003 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 276 PZ8.D525 Tal 2003 The Tale of Despereaux is a 2003 fantasy book written. The main plot follows the adventures of a named Despereaux Tilling, as he sets out on his quest to rescue a beautiful human princess from the rats. The novel is divided into four 'books' and ends with a coda. Each 'book' tells the story from a different character's or group of characters' perspective: Despereaux, Roscuro, Miggery Sow, and finally all of them combined. The book won the 2004 award.
In 2007 the U.S. Named the book as one of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children', based on an online poll. Teachers also made it a summer reading project. In 2012 it was ranked number 51 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by – the second of three books by DiCamillo in the Top 100. In 2008, the book was adapted as an. Contents. Plot A noble mouse named Despereaux saves a princess named Princess Pea.
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Book I: A Mouse Is Born Book one tells a story about a small, sickly mouse born in a castle whose name is Desperaux. He was born very small with large ears and his eyes open. Despereaux, unlike other mice, spends lots of time reading. He particularly enjoys a book about how a knight saves a princess and they live happily ever after. One day while reading, he hears music that sounded like honey. He follows the sound and it led to Princess Pea and King Philip.
He sits at the king's feet to hear the music and falls in love with the princess and speaks to her, but the king led the mouse away because mice were related to rats, which are outlawed. Furlough, his brother, sees this and tells his father, Lester Tilling. Lester calls the mouse council; Furlough goes to collect Despereaux.
The mouse council orders Despereaux to be sent to the dungeon because talking to a human is forbidden. Solow how to read and do proofs pdf free. In the dungeon he meets Gregory, the jailer, who saves him because Despereaux tells Gregory a story. Book II: Chiaroscuro Book II talks about a rat named Roscuro who, unlike the other rats, loved the light and was less vicious and cunning than the other rats. Finally, he decided enough was enough and went into the light. He climbs onto a chandelier, which is above a banquet. However, he falls into the queen's soup, and the queen, whose habit was to state the obvious, said, 'There's a rat in my soup,' before dying. The princess, now hostile to Roscuro, orders him to leave.
Roscuro, angry, desires revenge against the princess. The king, upset, bans the use of spoons, soup, and bowls. Book III: GOR!
The Tale of Miggery Sow Many years before Despereaux and Roscuro were born, a six-year-old girl named Miggery 'Mig' Sow witnesses the death of her ill mother. Afterwards, Mig is sold to work by her father for some cigarettes, a hen, and a blood red tablecloth to a man Mig calls 'Uncle'. Uncle often clouts Mig's ears, leaving her partially deaf. Mig decides, upon seeing the princess pass by on a horse, that she wants to be a princess.
Mig is then sent to work in the castle by the King's soldiers, who tell 'Uncle' that no human being is allowed to own another. In the castle she gains weight and becomes lazy. Mig's main job is to go down to the dungeons to deliver Gregory the jailer his meal and, while there, she meets Roscuro and confesses to him that her greatest wish is to become a princess. Roscuro convinces Mig that if she helps him kidnap Princess Pea, he'll make her a servant girl so Miggery Sow can become a princess. Book IV: Recalled to the Light Despereaux escapes the dungeons on a tray of Gregory's that Mig brings back to the kitchen, where he hears her conversation with Roscuro. However, Despereaux is soon discovered by Mig and Cook.
Cook, as a mouse-hating woman, orders Mig to kill Despereaux. She explains to Mig that her philosophy with mice is 'kill 'em, even if they're already dead.' When Despereaux is attempting to flee, Mig chops off his tail with a knife so that she can tell Cook that she missed the 'meecy' and at least spare the 'meecy's life.
Despereaux spends the night in pain, sleeping on a sack of flour. He dreams of the castle's knights in shining armor, darkness, and light. However, when the knight removes the helmet, it doesn't reveal anyone. Despereaux begins to doubt 'happily ever after' and everything else that he has read and starts to weep. Meanwhile, Roscuro leads Mig to Princess Pea's room with a knife, and to kidnap Princess Pea and lead her to the dungeon. The next morning, the castle is in a panic over the missing princess.
Guards are sent to search the dungeon, only to find Gregory dead from starvation, being lost in the dark because Roscuro has chewed the rope which secures him to where he started. Despereaux is seen by the mouse council, who mistake him for a ghost because he is covered in flour from his night on the flour sack. Despereaux forgives his father, upon the latter's request, for sentencing him to the dungeon. Despereaux goes on to seek the King. Despereaux tells the King that he knows that Pea is in the dungeon, but the King refuses to believe him because Despereaux is related distantly to the rats. Despereaux then goes to Hovis, a mouse who is, in secret, Despereaux's friend.
Hovis gives him an entire spool of red thread and a sewing needle, as a sword, for his quest to the dungeons. Mig, meanwhile, learns that Roscuro tricked her into helping him kidnap Pea, and that she will never be a princess. Roscuro plans for Pea to remain locked in the dungeons, so that he can marvel over her brightly colored dress, but Despereaux arrives to save Pea and Mig chops Roscuro's tail off with the knife when he refuses to show them the way back. However, many rats arrive on the scene because they followed the smell of Despereaux, and the soup he recently ate. Despereaux threatens to kill Roscuro with the sewing needle. Roscuro begins crying. Pea offers that if Roscuro lets her go, she will treat him with some soup.
Roscuro agrees. Botticelli and the other rats are so disgusted by the happiness of all that is happening that they all return into the darkness.
Despereaux and Pea become close friends. Roscuro is allowed access into the upstairs of the castle, and reunites Mig's father, who has become a prisoner in the dungeons, with his daughter. Mig's father promises that he loves Mig and will never leave her. But before this, however, Roscuro, Mig, the King, Pea, and Despereaux all get together for soup, as Despereaux's friend Hovis, his parents, and his brother watch in amazement behind the scenes. Characters Despereaux Tilling - The lonely character of the story, Despereaux was born as a castle-mouse and the only living mouse of his mother's latest litter. Named for the despairs and sadness of that time, Despereaux is an oddball among the mouse community from birth, as he is born with a small body, giant ears, and yellow eyes. He grows up to be very different from the other mice in this tale, choosing to read books instead of eating them, and he does not learn to scurry like any other mouse, because he becomes fascinated by a certain fairy tale about a beautiful princess and a knight in gloomy armor and learns from it ideas such as chivalry and courage, which his fearful elders dismiss as absurd.
Through his large ears, Despereaux is able to listen to the music that the king plays for his daughter Princess Pea, and because of this, he is able to meet and fall in love with the human princess. This behavior, however, does not go undetected by the mice, and when he is sent to the duck of pain Despereaux must rely on his wits, bravery, and inner strength in order to save himself and the princess.
Princess Pea - The Princess of Dor and the fifth child of the king and queen, Pea is a sharp-eyed and beautiful girl whom Despereaux grows to honor and love upon their first meeting and she also comes to adore the mouse. Though kind-hearted and loved by the people of the castle, Pea is often overcome with loneliness after her mother's death.
Because of her title as a princess, Pea is not used to being told what to do and sometimes takes slight offense when someone does not appreciate her for her title. However, when her past actions cause her kidnapping, Pea comes to use her forgiveness, good nature, and place as royalty for the good of the other characters. Chiaroscuro (known as 'Roscuro') - Chiaroscuro was born innocent among the evil rats of the castle dungeon some years before Despereaux.
Because of a match-related reprimand from the jailer, Roscuro did not act like a rat, afraid of light. He comes to be fascinated by light and goodness, despite objections from fellow rats. However, his love of light is what causes him to make a grave mistake in the human world, resulting in his plot to take revenge on the humans by kidnapping the princess.
In the end, it is through the actions of Despereaux and the princess, and Roscuro's own true love for light that he finds his self-redemption. Miggery 'Mig' Sow - Born in the countryside of Dor, Miggery Sow was an often a mistreated child, since nobody around her cared much for what she wanted.
Her mother died when she was very young and soon after, her father sold her to a man whom she was forced to call 'Uncle'. Miggery Sow had to work for the man to whom she was sold for many years with little or no thanks.
The man would also give her 'clouts to the ear,' rendering her to be almost completely deaf. Despite her harsh life, Miggery remained a well-meaning albeit simple-minded child. On her seventh birthday, an accidental meeting with the royal family causes Miggery to dream of becoming a princess. When she turns twelve, she is rescued from slavery by the soldiers of the castle, and she is given the position of serving-maid in the castle itself, befriending Princess Pea but becoming an unintentional pawn in Roscuro's plan. Botticelli Remorso - Botticelli is a very old one-eared rat who lives in the dungeon and is suspicious of Roscuro and his ability.
Botticelli believes that the meaning of life is suffering, specifically the suffering of others, and that Roscuro should take action and become a part of the rat community. He had taken a golden heart-shaped locket from a prisoner and hung it on a thin braided rope. Whenever he speaks, the locket moves. Botticelli is evil, and wishes for the princess to die. Later in the book, he leads Despereaux to the princess in order to kill him later, and intends on feeding the princess to his army of malicious rats. Merlough - The sister of Desparaux. Gregory the Jailer - When Despereaux tells Gregory a story he saves him from being killed by the rats.
He wears a long rope that protects him from getting lost in the dungeon's darkness. Chiaroscuro chews up this rope and as a result Gregory becomes lost in the darkness and eventually dies. Furlough Tilling - One of Despereaux's many older brothers. He betrays Despereaux and sends him to the dungeon. He had previously tried to teach Despereaux to be afraid of things, and hated him for his difference from other mice. He refuses to try to help his brother when he is banished. At the end, he is shown to be disgusted by Despereaux's well-being.
Lester Tilling - Lester Tilling is Despereaux Tilling and the rest of the Tillings' father. He sent his own son to the punishment of being exiled to the dungeon (though it was stated that he was weeping), where the rats would no doubt eat him. Later, after Despereaux escapes the dungeon on Gregory's tray, Despereaux pays a visit to the Mouse Council, which pronounced his sentence.
Lester is forgiven for the perfidy he committed against his son. Antoinette Tilling - Despereaux's French mother who arrived in Dor in a foreign diplomat's luggage. She cares too much about her appearance and is often picky. Although, like most of Despereaux's family, Antoinette is inconsiderate of Despereaux, she is sad when he is thrown into the dungeon and defends him occasionally in the book. Cook - The head cook of the castle who hates mice, but is shown to having secretly be making soup despite the ban.
King Philip - The king of Dor and Princess Pea's father. He was heartbroken after the queen died eating a bowl of soup and banned soup, rats and instruments to make soup. He also did not believe in Despereaux when he tried to inform him of Princess Pea's kidnapping.
Literature opens new insights into life and language. Help children enjoy good books and learn foundational reading and literature skills with this 'Literature Kit' from Classroom Complete Press. Created for easy use by both teachers and students, the resources are divided into sections: a teacher's guide, student handouts, an answer key, plus graphic organizers and a rubric. The teacher's section provides a summary of the story along with a list of vocabulary for each chapter. The student worksheets include both 'before you read' activities (which activate background knowledge, guide connections, and introduce vocabulary) as well as 'after you read activities' (which check comprehension and provide opportunities for thoughtful consideration of the text). Six writing tasks and three graphic organizers are also included. The 'easy marking' answer key features columns of answers that allow teachers to simply line up the worksheet with the key to quickly see the correct answers.
55 classroom-reproducible pages; consumable workbook. Aligned with Common Core State Standards. Please Note: the book by Kate DiCamillo is required but not included with this study guide.
In this State Standards-aligned Literature Kit, we divide the novel by chapters or sections and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions.
The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts. Also included are writing tasks, graphic organizers, comprehension quiz, test prep, word search, and crossword to further develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text.
About the Novel: A STORY of a special mouse who is on a dangerous quest to rescue the princess. Despereaux falls in love with a princess even though mice and humans are not supposed to! Caught, Despereaux is sentenced to the dungeon however He escapes and goes looking for his beloved princess. The Princess, however, has already been tricked and has been taken to the dungeon. Despereaux must save his love, and together with the help of his friends, eventually rescues her. As his quest comes to a close, Despereaux realizes that he still cannot marry the princess, however they become friends.
The story ends with the king, the princess, and Despereaux eating a feast and living happily together forever. All of our content is aligned to your State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.