德佩罗·蒂林是一只小老鼠，他从小体弱多病，好不容易才长大，跟哥哥姐姐们在图书馆里吃书度日。他学会了认字，而且热衷阅读，尤其喜欢那些英雄救美的故事。有一天，他爱上了一位叫作豌豆的公主，公主也喜欢上了这只可爱的小老鼠。因为女仆的嫉妒和坏耗子的憎恨，可怜的公主被他们胁持进了黑暗的地牢。德佩罗挺身而出，单枪匹马营救公主脱离了危险。小小德佩罗不但上演了一出不可思议的英雄救美的浪漫剧，而且证明了：只要有爱，一切皆有可能。动画片《浪漫鼠德佩罗》预告
illustrated by Timothy Basil EringCandlewick Press, September 2003Ages 9-12, ISBN 0-7636-1722-9
Kate DiCamillo introduces a hero for all time!
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 serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. And what happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: "Reader, it is your destiny to find out."
Read the ReviewsForgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul stirring as it is delicious. Despereaux, a tiny mouse with huge ears, is the bane of his family's existence. He has fallen in love with the young princess who lives in the castle where he resides and, having read of knights and their ladies, vows to "honor her." But his unmouselike behavior gets him banished to the dungeon, where a swarm of rats kill whoever falls into their clutches. Another story strand revolves around Miggery, traded into service by her father, who got a tablecloth in return. Mig's desire to be a princess, a rat's yen for soup (a food banished from the kingdom after a rat fell in a bowl and killed the queen), and Despereaux's quest to save his princess after she is kidnapped climax in a classic fairy tale, rich and satisfying. Part of the charm comes from DiCamillo's deceptively simple style and short chapters in which the author addresses the reader: "Do you think rats do not have hearts? Wrong. All living things have a heart." And as with the best stories, there are important messages tucked in here and there, so subtly that children who are carried away by the words won't realize they have been uplifted until much later. Ering's soft pencil illustrations reflect the story's charm. —Ilene Cooper, Booklist
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