The Tale of Despereaux

Being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread . . .

This is what I'm reading right now. It is actually quite good. And it won the Newberry Award in 2004. Medal, really, not an award. And it might be spelled Newbery, but who's asking?

Anyways, I find it interesting that it is a book (because I heard and saw previews for the movie, but did not see the movie) and find it even more interesting that although it is "children's literature" (more on that in future postings I aniticipate) it is quite good. I am taking a class that is entitled "information needs of children" or something to that effect, and it is nice to peruse one's memory of what one read (and actually remembers reading) as a child. This, of course, was not one of the books that I read as a child, but I do remember reading and being fond of other Newberry Medal winners as a child. So it is nice to read and understand that Newberry is still out there choosing good books for the future generations that are also still enjoyable for adults.

TTFN