OK, so we've had eight or nine hundred animated mouse movies. There's always room for more whiskered wit, adventure, fantasy, and fairy tales. Besides, "The Tale of Despereaux" is the rarest of ...

There’s a startling moment in the thoroughly charming musical adaptation “The Tale of Despereaux” when a dad rats out his own son. Startling, in part, because they are mice. But then, “Despereaux” — ...

Which came first, the rat or the mouse? 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 ...

Directed by Marc Bruni and PigPen Theatre Co. There's no better Holiday treat for adult and children than PigPen Theatre Co's astoundingly magical, eye-popping musical delight The Tale of Despereaux, ...

Despereaux (voiced by Matthew Broderick) seeks help from Chef Andre (voiced by Kevin Kline) and Boldo (voiced by Stanley ...

Which came first, the rat or the mouse? 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 ...

Kate DiCamillo's novel "The Tale of Despereaux" won the 2004 Newberry Medal, an award given for children's literature. Jeffrey Brown speaks with DiCamillo about her award-winning novel. "The world is ...

I selected The Tale of Despereaux as a read-aloud book with my daughter on the recommendation of a friend. On the surface, it appears to be a simple hero story told in the style of a classic fairy ...

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 heart who finds redemption in a ...