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The Tale of Despereaux
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Tale of Despereaux is a timeless classic fairy tale with a modern twist, full of quirky, unforgettable characters - already a modern children's classic and now brought to life in audio.
Critic Reviews
"With a masterful hand, DiCamillo weaves four story lines together in a witty, suspenseful narrative that begs to be read aloud... This expanded fairy tale is entertaining, heartening, and, above all, great fun." ( School Library Journal)
"This delightful book works on many levels; it is a morality tale, an adventure story and a romantic fairytale too." ( Sydney's Child).
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- Kaz C-Batch
- 31-03-2016
Beautiful story with understated comedy
Author and Reader together artfully draw the listener inexplicably in a world where parents betray children, girls have cauliflower ears, & rats wear red capes. The light of love and the darkness of anger and hurt are explored as listeners are encouraged to empathise with each character's complex personalities, situations and choices, all couched within light hearted comic relief and Soup. A tale that at the same time acknowledges life is never "Happily Ever After" while allowing listeners to walk away with something not unlike "Happily Ever After", with the hope of restoration & with a smile. A beautiful story, layered for children and children at heart.
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- Amanda Vyner
- 29-05-2023
Despereaux
I loved the story and the reader. Despereaux is a brave and sweet little mouse.
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- Jenny Peacock
- 30-08-2023
it is ok
it was ok to me. It has a good story but the performance is not great
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