The Not So Secret Life of NIMH, a Dumbo Rat (Florida Bestseller)

The Not So Secret Life of NIMH, a Dumbo Rat (Florida Bestseller)
Author: Barbara Cairns
Publisher: America Star Books
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2015-10-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781635082210

I'm Nimh, a little Dumbo Rat who is being trained as a program rat at a wildlife state park. My trainer, Barbara, is advocating fancy rats as pets and hoping to alleviate the fears many people have about rats. You will see that I'm cuddly and cute. But I'm also an intelligent, clean and curious little creature. This book shows me from ages 4 weeks to 4 months. I'm hoping you'll be able to see me as I grow bigger in another book someday. But in the meantime, enjoy learning some important "rat facts" that may surprise you.

The Not So Secret Life of NIMH, a Dumbo Rat: (Special Christmas Edition)

The Not So Secret Life of NIMH, a Dumbo Rat: (Special Christmas Edition)
Author: Barbara Cairns
Publisher: America Star Books
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2015-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781682293669

I'm Nimh, a little Dumbo Rat who is being trained as a program rat at a wildlife state park. My trainer, Barbara, is advocating fancy rats as pets and hoping to alleviate the fears many people have about rats. You will see that I'm cuddly and cute. But I'm also an intelligent, clean and curious little creature. This book shows me from ages 4 weeks to 4 months. I'm hoping you'll be able to see me as I grow bigger in another book someday. But in the meantime, enjoy learning some important "rat facts" that may surprise you. Barbara Cairns loves all animals, large and small. She believes in animal therapy for young and old. She was hooked on rats after using a Hooded Rat as a classroom pet to alleviate aggressive behaviors in an emotionally disturbed deaf child. Born a Connecticut Yankee, Barbara has lived in Seattle, WA, Canada, Germany, and Panama before retiring as an elementary school principal. She enjoys writing and volunteering in Florida where she lives with her husband Ian.

The Not So Secret Life of NIMH, a Dumbo Rat

The Not So Secret Life of NIMH, a Dumbo Rat
Author: Barbara Cairns
Publisher: America Star Books
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2014-12-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781634486910

I'm Nimh, a little Dumbo Rat who is being trained as a program rat at a wildlife state park. My trainer, Barbara, is advocating fancy rats as pets and hoping to alleviate the fears many people have about rats. You will see that I'm cuddly and cute. But I'm also an intelligent, clean and curious little creature. This book shows me from ages 4 weeks to 4 months. I'm hoping you'll be able to see me as I grow bigger in another book someday. But in the meantime, enjoy learning some important "rat facts" that may surprise you. Barbara Cairns loves all animals, large and small. She believes in animal therapy for young and old. She was hooked on rats after using a Hooded Rat as a classroom pet to alleviate aggressive behaviors in an emotionally disturbed deaf child. Born a Connecticut Yankee, Barbara has lived in Seattle, WA, Canada, Germany, and Panama before retiring as an elementary school principal. She enjoys writing and volunteering in Florida where she lives with her husband Ian.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Author: Robert C. O'Brien
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1665911611

Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She 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. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.

Racso and the Rats of NIMH

Racso and the Rats of NIMH
Author: Jane Leslie Conly
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1988-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064402452

‘Racso, a brash and boastful little rodent, is making his way to Thorn Valley, determined to learn how to read and write and become a hero. His bragging and lies get him off to a bad start, but a crisis gives him the opportunity to prove his mettle. A worthy successor [to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, a Newbery Medal winner by the author's father].' 'BL. 1986 Children's Editors' Choices (BL) Children's Choices for 1987 (IRA/CBC) Notable 1986 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1986 Children's Books (NY Public Library) Best Science Fiction/Fantasy 1986 (VOYA)

The Secret of Nimh

The Secret of Nimh
Author:
Publisher: MGM/UA
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1982
Genre: Animated films
ISBN: 9780792825050

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Z for Zachariah

Z for Zachariah
Author: Robert C. O'Brien
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1665911646

In this post-apocalyptic novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Robert C. O’Brien, a teen girl struggling to survive in the wake of unimaginable disaster comes across another survivor. Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors. But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann’s solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth.

Mouseheart

Mouseheart
Author: Lisa Fiedler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1471121879

Hopper is just an ordinary pet shop mouse before he escapes. Soon he finds himself below the bustling streets of Brooklyn, deep within the web of transit tunnels, and in Atlantia, a glorious utopian rat civilization. But all is not what it seems. Firstly, there are cats everywherein Atlantia, cats that would normally eat a rodent before you could blink, yet strangely leave the citizens unharmed… and no one can answer why. And although Hopper is treated as a royal guest, he misses his siblings that were lost in the escape attempt and is desperate to find them. But Atlantia is constantly threatened by rebels who wish to bring the city to its knees. Soon, Hopper is caught in the crosshairs of an epic battle, one that crosses generations and species. As the clashes rage, Hopper learns terrible, extraordinary secrets: Deadly secrets about Atlantia. Painful secrets about his friends. And one powerful secret about his destiny…

The Secret of Nimh

The Secret of Nimh
Author: Robert C. O'Brien
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 249
Release: 1971
Genre: Mice
ISBN: 9780590417082

Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.

Walter

Walter
Author: Barbara Wersba
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2016-11-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1629795968

This is the story of a writer and a reader. The writer is a person. The reader is a rat. They share an old house on Long Island, but have never met. How these two lonely creatures discover one another is the essence of this story.