"Loyal, resourceful Mrs. Frisby... is the engaging heroihe of this thoroughly engrossing, thought-provoking fantasy."

"Both the story and the tale within it are deftly told, fulfilling the first requisite of fantasy by making the impossible believable."

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 N I MH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma.

The Sickness of Timothy Frisby

Mr. Ages

The Crow and the Cat

Mr. Fitzgibbon' s Plow

Five Days

A Favor from Jeremy

The Owl

"Go to the Rats"

In the Rosebush

Brutus

In the Library

Isabella

A Powder for Dragon

The Marketplace

In the Cage

The Maze

A Lesson in Reading

The Air Ducts

The Boniface Estate

The Main Hall

The Toy Tinker

Thorn Valley

Captured

Seven Dead Rats

Escape

At the Meeting

The Doctor

Epilogue