Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien Author
(From Amazon): 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.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0689710682
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 28
- Pages
- 240
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 8th
- Publisher
- Aladdin
- Copyright
- 1997
Chapters
- 1 The Sickness of Timothy Frisby
- 2 Mr. Ages
- 3 The Crow and the Cat
- 4 Mr. Fitzgibbon's Plow
- 5 Five Days
- 6 A Favor from Jeremy
- 7 The Owl
- 8 "Go to the Rats"
- 9 In the Rosebush
- 10 Brutus
- 11 In the Library
- 12 Isabella
- 13 A Powder for Dragon
- 14 The Marketplace
- 15 In the Cage
- 16 The Maze
- 17 A Lesson in Reading
- 18 The Air Ducts
- 19 The Boniface Estate
- 20 The Main Hall
- 21 The Toy Tinker
- 22 Thorn Valley
- 23 Captured
- 24 Seven Dead Rats
- 25 Escape
- 26 At the Meeting
- 27 The Doctor
- 28 Epilogue
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