The Tale of Despereaux

When reading children's literature it is very important to put yourself into the shoes of a child. What are they imagining when they read a description of the setting, how are they creating a representation of the characters, how do these images impact their experience while reading? Many of these important aspects are taken oven by the director when a book is transferred into a movie. The Newbery Medal winner book, The Tale of Despereaux, was originally written in 2003 by Kate DiCamillo and was converted into a movie in 2008 by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen. While comparing these two it is important to notice the changes in plot, the representations of characters and settings, the choice of audio, and how all of these will affect the viewer.…

While reading a really good story, we can become so invested in the lives of the characters that the outcome might impact us greatly. We want our favourite characters to have a happy ending and for the villains to get what they deserve. This refers to the idea of poetic justice. When poetic justice is served within literature, it is extremely satisfying to a reader. It is safe to say that in the novels Tale of Despereaux, The Ruins of Gorlan and Harry Potter poetic justice is quite evident. At…

It all begins within the walls of the castle in the Kingdom of Dor, with the birth of a mouse. The mouse is the last of his parent's litter. Certain he will die too, his mother, Antoinette Tilling, names him Despereaux, meaning sadness and despair. Unlike most mice, Despereaux is born with his eyes open. However, Despereaux lives, although his tiny size and unusually large ears are a constant concern among the castle mice. Even worse, Despereaux seems uninterested in normal mouse…

Traveling Story Tent at my local farmer’s market. To attract young readers, I decorated the tent as a cozy closed off area that resembled a fort.The tent accounted for approximately fifty kids within the hours of 8-1 once a week. In order to keep kids on task and reading, I gave them fake money known as a book buck for every book they read. I met an eight-year old girl named Ava who would sit in the back corner and read by herself with the intention of going unnoticed. Ava reminded me of my…

described in this tale. Beowulf is the hero of this story, and is able to acknowledge that there are both good and dark parts within everything, and in order to overcome such obstacles, we must first accept a little bit of both in ourselves. Beowulf faces a series of horrific challenges, all of which concerns the ongoing battle…

Emma Watson was born in Paris, France on April, 15, 1990. She was born to English lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. Although, she was born in France her childhood was mostly spent in England. In England, she attended the Stagecoach Theatre Arts School at Oxford. At that school she studied singing, acting, and dancing. Her first spark of interest in the theatrical world, was when she won a poetry contest for reciting James Reeves’ “The Sea” at age 7. She had no prior acting experience…

Also, the description of desperate, grief, and hopeless feeling is exaggerating and overwhelming. And the explanation of the power of LOVE gave this book a far-fetched logic and brief ending. Lastly, the author of this book - Kate DiCamillo - is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. She is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, recognizing her novels The Tale of Despereaux (2003) and Flora & Ulysses (2013). DiCamillo was the U.S.…

island. Activities: 1. Create a backpack of the things Elmer took on his adventure 2. Create a lapbook 3. Make a dragon MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah Plain and Tall. Harper & Row, 1985. Summary: This story is about a family that is in search of a mother figure. Sarah and her sister, Anna, and brother, Caleb, have lonely lives along with living with their father on a farm. Sarah goes on a journey to find the sea to bring back to her siblings who have never experienced life beyond the farm.…

college, Kate moved to Minneapolis. While, trying to become a publisher author, Kate worked very odd jobs. She started off writing young adult, and adult books, but received many rejection letters for those books. While working at a local bookstore, Kate found a love for children’s books, and started writing them. That is when Kate wrote Because of Winn Dixie, and became a full time author. In 2007, she published her first picture book. She considers herself a “storyteller.” Kate has written 13…

at the end of summer. This time there was a bigger library and bigger books to follow. Once in middle school came the start of Lexile Reading Tests. This judged the reading level you were on. In 5th grade, I was reading on a Jr. High level. I was told that the books I was reading were too easy for me and that I needed to try something more complex to further my reading skills. The books in this library were labeled by neon stickers on the spine for each grade level. I was allowed to check out…