The kingdom has been rocked by a new law banning rats and soup (previously a vibrant, vegetable-crammed specialty of the royal chef), and Despereaux befriends the king's daughter, Princess Pea ...

The Pea, he decided, looked just like the picture of the fair maiden in the book in the library. The princess smiled at Despereaux again, and this time, Despereaux smiled back.

Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a Princess named Pea and learns to read (rather than eat) books--reveling in stories of knights, dragons and fair maidens.

‘The Tale of Despereaux’ 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 ...

Princess Pea, voiced by Emma Watson Despereaux’s characters are uniquely memorable, and enlivened by a perfect cast. Dustin Hoffman makes Roscuro the Rat both pathetic and sym -pathetic.

The console and PC versions play out over 15 levels, as Despereaux explores the kingdom of Dor, befriends Princess Pea and tries to save her when she is kidnapped. You control Despereaux as he ...

The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo's delectable novel about rodents, royals and the restorative properties of soup gets the star-laden, CG-animated bigscreen treatment in "The Tale of Despereaux." ...

And the way Princess Pea inspires mouse, rat and her own maid, the tellingly named Miggery Sow (Tracey Ullman), is less interesting or coherent than the mood that directors Sam Fell and Robert ...

A mouse, a rat, and a princess “The Tale of Despereaux” is about a mouse who loves music, stories and princess Pea. It’s also about a rat who lives in the darkness of the castle.