Pines and Plains Libraries

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. Awarded the Newbery Medal, 1972.

Rat tries to get the fat cat off the mat and back to his usual resting place in the vat.

Looks at the relationship between rats and humans throughout history and discusses the rat's evolution, social behaviors, characteristics, and habits.

Describes how to select a pet rat, what to feed it, and when to take it to the vet, as well as how to keep a pet scrapbook.

Celebrates the rat, sharing humorous scientific facts about everything from its powerful tail to its disease-carrying nature.One in a series of humorous books about disgusting creatures, The Rat is a look at the black rat. It covers such topics as the rat's long, agile tail (it's good for balancing and picking noses), long teeth (they can chew through anything, including books) and disgusting taste in food (delicious electrical wires in tomato sauce,...

Presents the stories of a dog that helps stranded dolphins, a capuchin monkey who helps a young man with physical limitations, and a rat that sniffs out land mines.

In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.

Follows the experiences of an escaped pet shop mouse who descends into a utopian rat civilization before confronting threatening rebels, ravenous cats, and a generations-long battle involving deadly secrets.

A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.

Delphine the seamstress mouse uses her needle's ancient magic to save the kingdom from King Midnight.