The tale of despereaux is a 2003 childrens fantasy book written by kate dicamillo the main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named despereaux tilling as he sets out on his quest to rescue a beautiful human princess from the rats the book won the 2004 newbery medal award . It was into this darkened world that a tiny mouse named despereaux tilling was born and while this virtuous little rodent may have been short in stature his bravery was ultimately too big for such a small world to contain an unlikely hero with over sized ears and a discernible wheeze despereaux was taken with tales of chivalry and longed to one day become a noble figure among his people sometimes in order to realize their true destiny heroes must first experience great . The tale of despereaux is a 2008 british american computer animated adventure fantasy film directed by sam fell and rob stevenhagen in his feature directorial debut loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by kate dicamillothe film is narrated by sigourney weaver and stars matthew broderick robbie coltrane frances conroy tony hale ciaran hinds dustin hoffman richard jenkins . Despereaux der kleine mauseheld ist ein in deutschland am 19 marz 2009 erschienener us amerikanischer computeranimierter kinofilm sein originaltitel ist the tale of despereaux unter diesem kam er am 19 dezember 2008 in den usa in die kinos der film basiert auf dem 2003 erschienenen kinderbuch despereaux von einem der auszog das furchten zu verlernen von kate dicamillo despereaux der kleine mauseheld wurde von universal pictures als moglicher kandidat fur