Last week we were talking about a service (via the public library and available through our website) called Tumblebooks. Tumblebooks has a bunch of picture books, some chapter books and some simple classics. I thought it was a great place to find books to share with family members over the Thanksgiving weekend. We were excited to discover Nancy Drew books in there. AND there are Kate DiCamillo books as well. I noted that I wanted to read one of her books and was considering this title. Deb Currie encouraged me to get on with it and read it. Her enthusiasm was contagious and I just had to read it. I am so glad that I did. This book has so many elements of fairy tales and offers some of life's greater truths.
No matter how old you are, this book is fun.
"Despereaux looked down at the book, and something remarkable happened. The marks on the pages, the "squiggles" as Merlot referred to them, arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time."
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