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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
As a Millenial with young, borderline hippie parents my movies in childhood were movies like The Secret of NIMH and Ferngully, and as I got older I learned that The Secret of NIMH was actually based on a book called Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, so of course it's been on my "I want to read that!" mental list. Overdrive has it as an audiobook, so I was finally able to "read" it (I own it in paperback too just haven't gotten to it). There are 2 sequels: Rasco and the Rats of NIMH and R.T., Margret, and the Rats of NIMH. Overdrive doesn't have either of them, but they are on my Thriftbooks wishlist and I'll probably by them next time I shop there.
Honestly, the first 2/3 of the book pretty much matched the movie. They changed her name to Brisby in the movie, and the book doesn't focus as much on her four kids, but her youngest son catching pneumonia, meeting Jeremy the crow, Mr. Ages the mouse doctor, and visiting the Owl for advice were all spot on. Once Mrs. Frisby/Brisby gets to the Rats in the rosebush is where the stories start to seperate
The book, of course, was great for the backstory of the Rats. You get to learn more about the experiments done at NIMH, how they learned, how they escaped, and their adventures to the rose bush. The movie has this weird magic amulet part and Nicodemus is this ancient rat, and neither of those things happen in the book. The Rats of NIMH are practically immortal genius rats who just want to build their own society without having to steal from humans or be experimented on.
I mean, who doesn't want that kinda life?
Honestly, the first 2/3 of the book pretty much matched the movie. They changed her name to Brisby in the movie, and the book doesn't focus as much on her four kids, but her youngest son catching pneumonia, meeting Jeremy the crow, Mr. Ages the mouse doctor, and visiting the Owl for advice were all spot on. Once Mrs. Frisby/Brisby gets to the Rats in the rosebush is where the stories start to seperate
The book, of course, was great for the backstory of the Rats. You get to learn more about the experiments done at NIMH, how they learned, how they escaped, and their adventures to the rose bush. The movie has this weird magic amulet part and Nicodemus is this ancient rat, and neither of those things happen in the book. The Rats of NIMH are practically immortal genius rats who just want to build their own society without having to steal from humans or be experimented on.
I mean, who doesn't want that kinda life?