This book is part of a book series called The Tale Of Despereaux .

This book has been graded for interest at 8 years.

There are 126 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Turtleback Books .

Kate DiCamillo is the author of Because of Winn-Dixie (Newbery Honor), Tiger Rising (National Book Award Finalist), The Tale of Despereaux (Newbery Medal), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Boston Globe-Horn Book Award), the Mercy Watson series (Theodore Geisel Honor) and Great Joy (New York Times Bestseller).