02016cam a2200373 4500 169579010 TxAuBib 20140830120000.0 710611s1971||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780689206511 0689206518 (OCoLC)144493 TxAuBib O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH / [by] Robert C. O'Brien. Illustrated by Zena Bernstein. [1st ed.]. New York : Atheneum, 1971. 233 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Sickness of Timothy Frisby -- Mr Ages -- Crow and the cat -- Mr Fitzgibbon's plow -- Five days -- Favor from Jeremy -- Owl -- Go to the rats -- In the rosebush -- Brutus -- In the library -- Isabella -- Powder for dragon -- Marketplace -- In the cage -- Maze -- Lesson in reading -- Air ducts -- Boniface estate -- Main hall -- Toy tinker -- Thorn valley -- Captured -- Seven dead rats -- Escape -- At the meeting -- Doctor -- Epilogue. Child Cat 18th. Mid&Jr HS Cat 8th. Bst Bk/Child 7th. 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. AR 5.1. 790/ Interest age level : Ages 9-11. 20170331. Newbery Medal 1972. Mice Fiction. Mice Juvenile fiction. Rats Fiction. Rats Juvenile fiction. Bernstein, Zena, illustrator. TXDRI