Pam P. (Meowkatt) reviewed Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1) on + 67 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
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)
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)
Stephanie K. (krausemouse) -
Helpful Score: 2
The entire NIMH series was my FAVORITE when I was a kid!! I loved Justin... I loved the Don Bluth film of The Secret Of NIMH, even though they took their liberties with the story (Mrs. Frisby & The Rats of NIMH was the original book title)... But the rest of the series, Racso/RT Margaret were simply excellent stories as well.
My love of these stories also led into my deep devotion to the Redwall series of books. I still own all three NIMH books somewhere in the boxes of my childhood things, though long ago I had to let my Redwall books go (all together as a series on ebay... oh so sad the life of a broke college student)!
I would reccomend either series with all of my book-loving heart. They are both very special to me.
My love of these stories also led into my deep devotion to the Redwall series of books. I still own all three NIMH books somewhere in the boxes of my childhood things, though long ago I had to let my Redwall books go (all together as a series on ebay... oh so sad the life of a broke college student)!
I would reccomend either series with all of my book-loving heart. They are both very special to me.
Helpful Score: 2
This is a good classic book for the elementary reader.
Barbara C. (kewl) reviewed Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1) on + 469 more book reviews
Winner of the Newbery Medal. Winner of the Lewis Carrol Shelf Award, An ALA notable Book a thought-provoking fastasy.
Judi G. (judi) reviewed Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1) on + 93 more book reviews
I loved it. A winner of the Newbery Medal. Winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf award, An ALA notable book adn a Horn book fanfare.
Devina D. (DevinaD) reviewed Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
Both adults, one of my friends told me this was one of her favorite books, and she insisted I read it as I'd never read i as a child. I buzzed through it in a weekend, and was somewhat disappointed. Maybe it'd be great for a kid, but all you adults, this is a work FAR inferior to the "techincally written for kids, but it appeals to adults too" Harry Potter.
Dawn B. (kokyread) reviewed Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, Bk 1) on + 15 more book reviews
i loved loved LOVED LOVED LOVED it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theresa K. (toribo) -
To be honest my preteen thought it was boring.
