Brianna+L's+book+report

__ **Book Report** __ **Directions: Answer all 8 of the questions/statements in complete sentences. Feel free to add a related picture to your report.** My book is __The Tale of Despereaux__ and the author is Kate Dicamillo. **2.** **Name and describe two main characters.** One character is the princess named Pea who is 12 years old, very caring, and friendly. The next character is Despereaux, a small mouse with big ears who is very brave and loves a princess named Pea. **3.** **Write a summary of your book.** In the story The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo a small but very brave mouse goes on a huge journey to save the princess he loves from a rat. One day in a castle a small mouse named Despereaux was born. He was much different from the other mice and one day came apon the princesses room. As soon as he saw her he fell in love but, his brother saw him and did not aprove. So after a big talk Despereaux was sent to the dungeon. But meanwhile a rat much different from the others a nice one was in the benquet hall at a party he invited himself to. But then the rat fell off a chandelier into the queens bowl of soup and gave her a heartattack which made soup against the law. The princess gave him a dirty look and from then wanted revenge. So one day a girl named Miggery Sow came to the castle. But when she went to go give food to the prisoners she met a rat that talked her into taking the princess into the dungeon. But they did not no Despereaux was listening as he was escaping. The next day Despereaux slept to late and the rat already did his plan. So Despereaux went into the dungeon again to find her. Once he was down there he was led to the princess. But the rat did not want to lead them out of the twisty dungeon. So they made a deal. The deal was if the rat led them out the princess would give them a bowl of soup. So the rat took the deal and led them out. Now the princess was safe, soup was not against the law anymore, and everyone was forgiven. But they also lived happily ever after. That is what the book __The Tale of Despereaux__ is about.
 * Date:** 2/26/10
 * 1.** **What is the title of your book and who is the author ?**

This book is good because while you are reading it the book talks to you and makes you think, the book has lots of detail too. It is also really exciting. **Big Question #2: What would make this book better?** As a critic, it’s important to be honest. And honestly, some parts of some books are pretty bad. I do not think this book could get any better because it is already so great, there are no words to describe it. One of the most important things that the author wants you to know is that no matter how small you might seem to be you can always be brave.
 * The following questions were taken from :** []
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good? **
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know?** This is the main idea. It’s almost as though you could squeeze a whole book down to a __single sentence__ and say that’s what it was all about.

**Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this?** Why did the author bother to tell this story? What is it about this particular story that the author thought was so important? Was it just for fun or to teach something. The author wrote this book to tell a great story while teaching people a lesson.

**Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book?** In other words, what background knowledge would be good to have prior to reading this book? You need to know that rats are usually mean and ugly and mice usually like to eat, sleep, and be cute. You also need to know princesses are pretty, nice, smart, and thin not fat to enjoy this book.