About Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.
- Complete Title: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1)
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 240
- Publication Time: May 1, 2003
- Publisher: Aladdin
- ISBN: 0689862202
- ISBN13: 9780689862205
About Robert C. O’Brien
Robert C. O’Brien
Robert Leslie Conly (better known by his pen name, Robert C. O’Brien) was an American author and journalist for National Geographic Magazine. His daughter is author Jane Leslie Conly.
For more complete information on this author, please see:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_…
Reviews Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Tim Null
Between 1989 and 1990, I took some additional college courses in hopes of getting a teaching certificate. That all went for naught when we moved to California. I did take three courses at The College…
Wendy Darling
I am very fond of extraordinarily handsome rats. <3 Even better than I remembered, and now I have to read the sequel to find out what happened to everybody.Reread for our monthly classics readalong…
Julie G
We live just three houses down from a farm, so we frequently have the pleasure of hearing a goat bleat or having a curious horse reach their head over the fence for a quick nuzzle. We also have the oc…
Kirsten
This was one of my all-time favorite books when I was a kid; I must’ve read it eight times. So I was pleased to find that it holds up well, and I still found it very entertaining (although it seemed a…
Ahmad Sharabiani
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH #1), Robert C. O’BrienMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a 1971 children’s book by Robert C. O’Brien. the story was adapted for film in 1982 as The Secr…
emma
the very idea of a rodent: disgusting, debilitating, makes me want to perishthe concept of a colony of rats working together with a little old lady mouse to go on summer vacation: fantastic, whimsical…
Lisa
Rats are the better humans maybe.When I read this story aloud to students a few years ago, I remember thinking it is one of these crossover novels that speak to children and adults on different, but e…
Zoë
[Book #38 for my grad school Children’s Lit class]…
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“When you’ve lived in a cage, you can’t bear not to run, even if what you’re running towards is an illusion.” I grew up watching Don Bluth’s animation movie The Secret of NIMH, and I had no…