Oh Rats!: The Story of Rats and People
ISBN-13:
9780147512819
ISBN-10:
0147512816
Edition:
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Author:
Albert Marrin
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
Puffin Books
Format:
Paperback
112 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780147512819
ISBN-10:
0147512816
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Albert Marrin
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
Puffin Books
Format:
Paperback
112 pages
Summary
Oh Rats!: The Story of Rats and People (ISBN-13: 9780147512819 and ISBN-10: 0147512816), written by authors
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Description
Prepare to be disgusted, amazed, shocked (and informed) by the astonishing and mysterious creature that has annoyed humanity for centuries:
Rats!
Able to claw straight up a brick wall, squeeze through a pipe the width of a quarter, and gnaw through iron and concrete, rats are also revealed in this fascinating book to be incredibly intelligent and capable of compassion. Weaving together science, history, culture, and folklore, award-winning writer Albert Marrin offers a look at rats that goes from the curious to repulsive, horrifying to comic, fearsome to inspiring. Arresting black-and-white scratchboard illustrations with bold red accents add visual punch to this study of a creature that has annoyed, disgusted, nourished, and intrigued its human neighbors for centuries.
* "[A] lively and informative overview of the history and behavior of the widely encountered rodent.... It's a different sort of discussion... for this well-known historian and biographer and one that he has clearly enjoyed, as will a wide variety of nonfiction readers and animal fans. There's a bibliography of adult sources and children's nonfiction as well as a listing of literary works featuring rats."
—School Library Journal, starred review
“Pleasantly icky.”
—Booklist
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Includes bibliography, further reading list, and a list of rats in literature
Rats!
Able to claw straight up a brick wall, squeeze through a pipe the width of a quarter, and gnaw through iron and concrete, rats are also revealed in this fascinating book to be incredibly intelligent and capable of compassion. Weaving together science, history, culture, and folklore, award-winning writer Albert Marrin offers a look at rats that goes from the curious to repulsive, horrifying to comic, fearsome to inspiring. Arresting black-and-white scratchboard illustrations with bold red accents add visual punch to this study of a creature that has annoyed, disgusted, nourished, and intrigued its human neighbors for centuries.
* "[A] lively and informative overview of the history and behavior of the widely encountered rodent.... It's a different sort of discussion... for this well-known historian and biographer and one that he has clearly enjoyed, as will a wide variety of nonfiction readers and animal fans. There's a bibliography of adult sources and children's nonfiction as well as a listing of literary works featuring rats."
—School Library Journal, starred review
“Pleasantly icky.”
—Booklist
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Includes bibliography, further reading list, and a list of rats in literature
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