fantastic !
am 7 years old and i like the book of Despereaux because Despereaux was so little and it was funny because he have big ears but it was kind of sad when Despereaux went to the dungeon but all stories have happy endings so am sure the tale of Despereaux will have one. mig said to the chef why did you did that? when he cut despereaux tail and the chef shout so!

fantastic !
am 7 years old and i like the book of Despereaux because Despereaux was so little and it was funny because he have big ears but it was kind of sad when Despereaux went to the dungeon but all stories have happy endings so am sure the tale of Despereaux will have one. mig said to the knif why did you did that and the knif shout so.

Deplorable
This book heaps wickedness, cruelty, evil, and despair on its main character, and through him, on your child.

The pitiless scorn of his family, the contempt of the mouse council and all the mice, and the death sentence with which the tiny young mouse is condemned, all for being good, all for being different... all within the first few chapters... to offer this to a child as children's literature is utterly corrupt.

To give children's literature characters who engage in psychological torture for fun, like the rats... or a character whose father sells her for trinkets to a man who beats her until she loses her hearing, like Miggery, or a king who GIVES UP on the search for his captive daughter because it is simply too difficult... what is this book burdening my children with? I stopped reading it to them after Despereaux fell in love with the princess and was summoned to the council.

I read the rest of the book to myself, with a growing sense of disgust that somehow the Newbery award was granted to this putrid book. To recommend this book to other parents would be an act of depravity. To write it for children must have taken an unimaginable level of malice toward innocence and beauty.

Of Mice and Princesses
The more I read this book, the more I fall in love with it and its sweet, direct-to-you narrative and the simple, adorable story of a mouse who has fallen in love with a princess. Add in a variety of wonderful characters who all find themselves connected, and you have a veritable children's masterpiece.

Absolutely charming
This is a lovely book. From the rough cut page edges to the wonderful drawings to the author speaking directly to the reader and finally to the story itself! I loved it so much that it has become one of my very favorites. What's better (maybe, one never knows) is that it is coming out in film soon. Buy it for anyone who can dream, wants to dream or is a child literally or figuratively.