CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 2, 1939
"And he has made delightful pen and ink illustrations. (Fantasy/historical fiction. 7-12)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 17, 1945
"The story would have a real chance on its own merits without these really appallingly bad episodes."
Of course this will sell--as an E. B. White item and one that the publishers are pushing hard, playing it for an adult as well as a juvenile sale.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 29, 1959
"Here is a tale made to order for Walt Disney—but a strange departure for Margery Sharp."
An absurd and beguiling fantasy in which a trio of mice perform a heroic rescue of a Norwegian poet from the dungeon of an impregnable prison.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 3, 1994
"A lively comic adventure. (Fiction. 8-12)"
King-Smith (Sophie in the Saddle, 1994, etc.) parodies human behavior in another of his animal fantasies.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2003
"A quirky but engaging disquisition on number systems (most mice can't count past three) closes this witty, well-told beneath-the-floorboards adventure. (Fiction. 10-12)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2004
"Christian themes are present but not pushed in this action-oriented remake. (Fantasy. 10-13)"
In this retelling of the tale of David and Goliath, mice and rats occupy center stage, with both sides getting supernatural help.
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