The title character from the animated mouse tale 'The Tale of Despereaux.' Oh, rats. Kate DiCamillo's big-cheese, Newbery-Medal-winning "The Tale of Despereaux" gets the animated treatment this week, ...

Kate DiCamillo, the beloved author behind children's classics like "Because of Winn-Dixie," is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her Newbery Medal-winning book "The Tale of Despereaux." Revisiting ...

Soon, it shone right into the sea captain’s small room, throwing a patch of light across the worn floor. “Ooooh,” said the girl. “It’s so beautiful.” “Describe it,” said the boy. The chest was open ...

CAMDEN, N.J., December 18, 2008 - Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) announced today its first-ever major movie partnership, one with Universal Pictures’ animated adventure “The Tale of Despereaux” for ...

"The Tale of Despereaux" is one of the most beautifully drawn animated films I've seen, rendered in enchanting detail and painterly colors by an art department headed by Olivier Adam. A story ...

Forgiveness, sunlight and love -- and soup -- are the ingredients that make up "The Tale of Despereaux," the screen adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal-winning children's book. Directed by ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There's a fitting aura of gloom and despair surrounding "The Tale of Despereaux," a decidedly unfrilly fairy tale about a tiny mouse with large ears and a larger ...

Doesn't really matter. Even though Kate DiCamillo's book "The Tale of Despereaux" came out in 2003 -- and won a Newbery Medal for outstanding children's literature -- the animated film version still ...

Small Mouse. Big Dreams. In this epic adventure, play as the courageous mouse Despereaux on a heroic quest to save the Princess Pea. Discover a magical world in this tale of bravery where the tiniest ...