Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. A Study Guide

by Charlotte S. Jaffe and Barbara T. Doherty, Charlotte S. Jaffe

About the These excellent teaching aids integrate the reading of outstanding works of children's literature with important reading-comprehension, speaking, writing, and listening skills. Each 40- to 56-page (Sounder is 32 pages) L-I-T Guide includes learning experiences that provide opportunities for group dynamics as well as activities to challenge students' abilities in critical and creative thinking. Grades 4 to 10. Each L-I-T Guide includes Story Summary, About the Author, Preparing to Read, Cooperative-Learning Projects, Vocabulary Skills, Chapter-by-Chapter Critical-Thinking Questions, Spotlight Literary Skills*, Creative-Thinking Activities, Glossary of Literary Terms, and Post-Reading Activities. *Four or five literary devices and skills are spotlighted in each guide. They include plot, setting, point of view, irony, tone, figures of speech, foreshadowing, symbolism, flashback, cause versus effect, fact versus opinion, main idea, theme, interpretation, and mood.

Genres: School, Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Justinepow · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book to Jace and Jemma (7 and 5). It was a bit over the head of my youngest but my oldest loved it and couldn’t get enough of it! I highly recommend this read aloud for 7 and up for sure. Growing up I loved books about animals that did human things and had human adventures!

[Scarlett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt that this book was a slower moving book and didn't have a lot of action.If you enjoy things like that this would be perfect for you.It definitely an amazing detail to the setting and gave things a point of view from the animals side.

[Yuna Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a female mouse who has to take care of five kids while widowed. This may sound like a case of," the woman has to take care of the kids without a man. However, the wonderful Mrs. Frisby makes many journeys to feed the cat, get medicine, go into an owl's nest, and ride on a crow. She has a lot of courage and makes up for her early husband. While maintaining the grace and elegance of a lady, Mrs. Frisby saves her son and family from illnesses galore and the planting of the crops over their home.

[Giuliana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about how Mrs.Frisby needs help to move her house in time for the tractors to come through. She gets advice to meet the rats and hears their amazing story on how they became the rats of NIMH and how they met her husband.

[Siwoo · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like books about animals and about how they survive in nature this is a great book about rats and mice and how they survive.

[Ruby Wathen · Rating 5 out of 5]

really really good did it as a book club and we did 3 chapters week and it was fun! great story very nice!

[Lily Plumb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m still not over this book😭. I cried when I finished it because I didn’t want to put it down

[Zip · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love sci-fi rats!!

[Zalie Acton · Rating 5 out of 5]

mrs.frisby and the rats of Nimh
by Robert O’Brien

This book is about a mouse who has to move her den before the farmer who owns the property plows his yard, which would destroy her summer home and kill her and her children. Mrs. Frisby is the mouse and Fitzgibbon is the farmer. Mrs. frisby has four children: Cynthia and Teresa are both girls and Martin and Timothy are boys. The farmer has a wife and a son. At first the farmer doesn’t know there are mice but when he figures it out, he tries to kill them.

Mrs frisby was worried to move her house because Timothy was very ill and can’t breathe cold air. The rats of NIMH help Mrs. Frisby find a safe space under a tree in a little village of other mice, to move her summer den where nobody can find it and hurt them. By then Timothy’s illness was better so Mrs. Frisby’s family could walk there. Mrs. Frisby helped the rats by putting sleeping powder in the cat’s food, which helped the rats get away.

I didn’t really like this book because it wasn’t very interesting and I didn’t really understand it. It would be more interesting if it had more adventure in it. You would probably like this book if you like books that are about
animals acting better than other animals and then releasing that they need to help other animals.

[Meghanm · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fun and achin packed. It does get confusing at some times but you can catch on easly. You have to take more time to read it so you fallow around. It does have a second book that confinues the story but its very hard to find. I will recomend this book to anybody. I think all people will like this book.

[Masato · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is my favorite book and it is really entertainment how they made up the story.The story is about the rats had to move more hotter place because they will be cold and get sick or dye but one of the rat in the family gets pneumonia.After that the mother encounters to the rat of NIMH.

[Samyuktha jayaprakash · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book :D
Surprisingly poignant , mature and fun for a kid's book
Glad that my brother recommended this to me!
Mrs.Frisby , nicodemus , ages , jonathon , justin , timothy.. <3
From now on il respect rats and mouses :P

[Leo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was given this book for my eighth grade reading project.I found it to surprisingly mature and advanced for being a children's book. If i was to recommend it to anyone it would be a younger sibling or friend.

[Bessie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book, I wish that I read it when I was 8, oh, I'm 8.

[Shy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite books as a child and one of the few my daughter also loves.

[Amber · Rating 1 out of 5]

I DID NOT LIKE IT!!!!!!!! IT did not tell you enough about it. It could be a lot better.Way more detail way to long for not enough detail i will never read it AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zoie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought it was great once you start to read you cannot stop

[Honor · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a very good book about friendship and trust. It may look like a childrens book, but I would recommend it.

[Uchechi]

It was spectacular.

[Livie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this so long ago , I honestly don't remember anything but the fact that I liked it!