Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780140366143
ISBN: 0140366148
Label: Puffin Classics
Manufacturer: Puffin Classics
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: October 06, 1994
Publisher: Puffin Classics
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 1476053
Studio: Puffin Classics

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
They are not like other rats. They work at night, in secret...Time is running out for Mrs Frisby. She must move her family of mice before the farmer destroys their home. But her youngest son, Timothy, is too ill to survive the move. Help comes in the unexpected form of a group of mysterious, super-intelligent rats. But the rats are in danger too, and little by little Mrs Frisby discovers their extraordinary past.

Amazon.com Review:
There's something very strange about the rats living under the rosebush at the Fitzgibbon farm. But Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with a sick child, is in dire straits and must turn to these exceptional creatures for assistance. Soon she finds herself flying on the back of a crow, slipping sleeping powder into a ferocious cat's dinner dish, and helping 108 brilliant, laboratory-enhanced rats escape to a utopian civilization of their own design, no longer to live "on the edge of somebody else's, like fleas on a dog's back."

This unusual novel, winner of the Newbery Medal (among a host of other accolades) snags the reader on page one and reels in steadily all the way through to the exhilarating conclusion. Robert O'Brien has created a small but complete world in which a mother's concern for her son overpowers her fear of all her natural enemies and allows her to make some extraordinary discoveries along the way. O'Brien's incredible tale, along with Zena Bernstein's appealing ink drawings, ensures that readers will never again look at alley rats and field mice in the same way. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter




Rating: - Mrs. Frisby and friends
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH written by Robert O'Brien (Aladdin, 1986) is an exceptional book that teaches all children that by working together, miracles can happen. Mrs. Frisby, a mouse widow with a sick child must soon make the move to her summer home, or risk being plowed by Mr. Fitzgibbon as he prepares for spring planting. Unable to move on her own due to Timothy's bout with pneumonia, Mrs. Frisby must find help. This quest for help finds Mrs. Frisby flying on the back of a crow, keeping ... Read More

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Rating: - Great Book With Slight Sadness

Summary of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Mrs. Frisby, the main character, is a field mouse with four children. One of her sons, Timothy, is sick. She starts him on the road to recovery; then the farmer starts his plow. Will he plow today? Timothy can't leave bed or he could die! Mrs. Frisby decides to gather imformation. She finds out that the farmer will plow in five days. What?! Five days?! But Timothy can't leave bed for a month and Mrs. Frisby's husband died last summer! ... Read More

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Rating: - An adventure for young and old.
I bought this book for my grandaughter, who's 13, at the suggestion of my daughter, who's 36 and still reads her copy of this book occassionally to enjoy the story again. I'm 61 and wanted to know what is it about this book that is so entertaining, so I read it too. My only comment, at any age, this story is delightful and a "must read" for all ages.

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Rating: - A great book for young readers
NIMH is a great book for young readers (11-13). The book is a great story about survival, sacrifice, and challenged me to root for a mob of rats.

Mrs. Frisby is a very sympathetic character that shows that regardless of species in literature, moms are moms, and they'll do whatever it takes to take care of their family.

I think that young readers will enjoy this book, but older teenage readers could balk at the subject rather wanting to read something more intuned to their interests.

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Rating: - Insipid cover currently shipping
The cover art shipping now (July '08) is the beige one in the alternate images -- a useless and dull cover compared with the exciting view of Mrs. Frisby and the crow Jeremy against blue on display at this page. I wish I'd bought this in a bookstore instead, and might have had another choice of cover art. At least the interior art is the excellent classic version.

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