Episode 279: The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux

Like the book at its center, Episode 279 will feel like a warm hug! Kate is back, this week to discuss the Newbery Medal-winning The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. The conversation covers everything from dysfunctional families and empathy to fairy tale tropes and the author's origin story.

Kate Czyzewski is an educator turned bookstore manager and event coordinator at Thunder Road Books in Spring Lake, NJ. Follow her @thesaltybookworm.

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CHECK OUT KATE’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

James by Percival Everett

MORE READING:

“Book Review: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo” (Audaysciously)

“The Tale of Despereaux: Being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread by Kate DiCamillo” (Everyday Reading)

“The Tale of Despereaux” (Kirkus, 2003)

“The Tale of Despereaux” (Publishers Weekly, 2003)

“Glow in the Dark” (The New Yorker, 2023)

“‘You can’t write to make people love you’: Kate DiCamillo on the 20th Anniversary of Desperaux” (The Yarn, 2023)

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