Book+review

The tale of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread, The Tale of Desperaux, by Kate DiCamillo, is a riveting tale of love between a princess, and a mouse. The brave hero of this story is a small mouse, with a lot of courage. Sent to the dungeon, and after finally escaping it daring to go back into it, what a trooper. The Tale of Desperaux is a fine story, and I would recommend it to anybody who likes an easy and entertaining book. One of the best parts of this book, is the description of the characters and locations. Every little detail from the banquet hall in the royal castle, to the foul smells of the dark, dark dungeon. Kate DiCamillo is a very descriptive writer, and interacts with the reader by helping them foreshadow in the story. I was overall happy with the book, but there are a few things that I wasn't too impressed with. First off, the book was really short and easy, not to my liking, I prefer longer books with more meaning. There was repetition with the descriptive words, such as "so and so went down,down,down to the yadda yadda yadda," the repetition adds an annoying feel to the book when reading. So, overall, the book was a decent one, a good book to read to somebody in grade school, or for somebody in grade school to read. It was a rather short book, so elementary school kids would feel smart reading it(because it has many pages, but little writing on them). Again, I would recommend this to younger kids, and parents/teachers who want to tell a nice tale to their children.