Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

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Summary: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Review: Although the movie was wonderful, the book is so much better! Unlike the movie, there is no magic necklace that helps her be courageous. That simple absence gives this story so much more of an opportunity to develop the characters (and there are so many more). The characters are not just limited to vermin and fowl but also envelop the lives of the farmers and the doctors who originally experimented on the animals. There is just so much more going on in this book than what is presented in the movie. This book has no swearing (that I can honestly remember) and is appropriate for any age with decent comprehension. As a parent, it's important to me that my children are not reading fluff. There's no fluff here, just good morals, high adventure, strong parenting, and cause for personal reflection. Enjoy!

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Summary: A interesting and Fun Book to read! JV
Review: I have just recently read this book again. The last time I was just 12. It was everybit as good as the first time. I was just as thrilled by the suspense and danger. I read this book for the first time with my mother and recommend it for any parent to read to a child. It is a treasure.

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Summary: The movie was just as good, high praise
Review: I read this book twenty times as a child. My father used to do diffrent voices for the characters although he never sounded like Peter Strauss.

The book is very, very different from the movie. Nicodemus emerges as more of a "human" figure (if that's not an insult considering human portrayals in the book) than the mystical wizard in the film. Probably in the interest of visuals. Nicodemus in the book is not as old as Nicodemus in the film (and how did Nicodemus in the film get so aged anyway since the rats had anti-aging injections?) Jenner in the book emerges as more dimensional than Jenner in the film, but Jenner in the movie needed to be more active in order to create the satisfying dramatic tension.

One thing that has not changed is Mrs. Frisby's (Brisby in the movie) devotion to her children. The description of her mouse-world is moving as she learns new heights of courage and disocvers new friends, including Jeremy the crow, who isn't the comic relief in the book. Also, Auntie Shrew seems less shrill. It's impossible to think of the book without considering the movie, but in this case the movie captured the spirit of Mrs. Frisby's quest, the wonder of the Rats of NIMH, and an animal microcosm that never failed to draw me in no matter how many times I read the book.

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Summary: Emeritus Johnstone, bah!
Review: I see with disgust that my arch-nemesis Professor Emeritus Johnstone is back at his old tricks and I must right the wrongs he has done me over the years in the only way left in my feeble dottage: by writing a review so crushing he will be unable to cope and restore my powers, dwindling lo these many years. For it was this book that set Johnstone on his aclivious path ever upwards while destroying my nascent ascendancy. For I, dear readers, was one of the very undergraduates to whom Dr. E. Johnstone recommended this book. And I, naive and foolish, trusted him, little realizing that he saw my future literary powers and was machinating to nip them in the bud. How, you inquire? By a plot so fiendishly nefarious that only a mad, genious could devise. For this rodent tome is not a good book, nay, a thousand times nay, it is the best book in the world and once you start reading about the adventures of the impuissant Frisbee and sagacious old Nicodemus and all the other marvelous characters vividly brought to life, you can't put it down. Ever. Yes I was entranced by its charms and read it. Then read it again and again. For the last 30 years, in what should be my apex of power, I have been incapacitated by my inability to rend my eyes from the page. Even as I type now, comrades, I am reading, ever reading. Difficult it is even to command the strength to send you this missive. So beware Professor Emeritus Johnstone. For he does not lie--this book is great, but, alas, too great. Save yourselves, compatriots, from my downfall and beware lest you stumble to my state of disrepair.
Respectfully,
Gerald R. Quinine, ret.

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Summary: Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH , A typical Newbery
Review: I think that Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH deserved to be the Newbery honor book not the actual award. The book was not exactly gripping. The beginning started out slow and boring and I thought it was going to be a tough read. Mrs. Frisby takes a while to pick up. Robert C. O'Brien has a lot of talent, but his talent would be better used with an older childs book.The story line was definetely well developed and creative. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH was about a mouse who had to move her house away from the garden to avoid being plowed by the farmer. The only problem is that Mrs. Frisby's son Timothy gets sick and he can not leave the house so when it comes time to move Mrs. Frisby can not. She gets advice from a friend of her's to go to the Rats. When she does this the Rats tell her their whole story about what happened to them in NIMH. The part where they were telling the story was very well written. I particularly loved the part involving the rats. All in all this was a very good book.

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Summary: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Review: It's nearly time to move, before Mr Fitzgibbon owner of the garden comes with the plow and breaks up their homes. But Mrs. Frisby,a field mouse has a sick son who can't move! Mrs. Frisby is a widow, who used to be married to Jonathan Frisby who unexplainably dissapeared. She goes to the owl, who, at the mention of her name, tells her to go to the rats. She goes to find them friendly and int elligent. But their moving plan includes her. There's a feirce cat called Dragon who prowls around. She must put him asleep with a powder for the usual bearer, Mr. Ages, another field mouse, has a broken leg. But they warn her, it was in doing the same thing, her husband died.

Will she keep her nerve and do it? Or will she bungle the whole affair? To find out read this marvelous book, "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

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Summary: An Interesting Adventure (written by sixth grader)
Review: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a great book. It is interesting, adventurous,and fits my age group. I was assigned this book as a Novel Study project and therefore thought that it would be boring. As I read on I found out that I was very wrong. This book had a lot of adventure, and was very interesting. But this book also has a lot of descriptive detail and sometimes became boring. I do like a bit of detail because it helps me understand the book more. Some people do like a lot of detail, but that is not my style. Therefore I gave the book 4 stars. Though I like animals, this is not why I liked this book, because I am terrified of rats and mice, though some people call them cute. I liked this book because the author used a device call personification on the characters (the animals) which made it interesting because they now posessed human qualities. I like this device because it means the we can relate to the characters though they are animals. I recommend this book to everyone. Try the book out. It may be boring at first but keep reading, it has a lot of adventure. It turns about to be very exciting.

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Summary: Great book for 9 year old reading.
Review: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is about Mrs. Frisby who has to move her house before the plow destroys their home and kills them. But her youngest son, Timothy, is sick with pneumonia. She learns about the Rats of NIMH from the owl. The rats are highly intelligent and helped Mrs. Frisby to come up with a good solution to her problem. The plan was to bury her cinder block house under the surface of the ground, out of the reach of Mr. Fitzgibbon's plow. The plan worked and the Frisby family and home was saved, but not without adventure, bravery and excitement.

Other characters in the book were Jermemy the crow. He introduced Mrs. Frisby to the Owl. They always had to watch out for Dragon, the cat. Isabella was also one the mice whose parents were from NIMH. Brutus was a rat but he was not from NIMH although he lived with the Rats of NIMH.

I liked Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH because the Rats of NIMH lived under ground and had running water and electricity. At NIMH, the rats were taught the to read. They also had better memory skills. I am nine years old and read this book as an assignment but enjoyed it anyway.

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Summary: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Review: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.
One day Mrs.Frisbys husband,Jonathan died a mysterious way. Mrs.Frisby was left watching her four kids,Timothy,Martin,Teresa,and Cynthia. Timothy gets really sick and moving day is coming. So Mrs. Frisby meets this crow named Jeremy. He flys Mrs. Frisby to the owl who says go see the rats because the can move your house on the safe side of the rock. So Mrs.Frisby goes to the rats and ask for help. The rats help Mrs. Frisby and they are saved. But what about Timothy? Is he ok? Well you will have to read the book to find out.
What I liked about the book is how the rats get really smart and how they can use a bunch of junk to make really cool things. What I didn't like is how they get electricity and elevators because it really unrealistic.
I would rate this book **** stars because it was a good book but it wasn't the best one because it was way too unrealistic.

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Summary: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Review: Mrs. Frisby's son Timothy is very sick and cannot be exposed to cold weather. Moving day is approaching soon and the mouse family cannot move with Timothy so sick. Mrs. Frisby desperately needs the help of the rats that live in the rosebush. Will they move her house and save her family before the farmer plows his field? This fantasy book ws a real page-turner, full of suspense and will capture the imagination and interest of its reader. A central theme of bravery is found throughout the book. Each of the main characters overcomes some fear for the good of others. The characters are so fully developed that you know exactly what they will do when faced with their individual dilemmas. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and hope that you do to.