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Oh Rats!: The Story of Rats and People
Albert Marrin
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Description for Oh Rats!: The Story of Rats and People
Paperback. With black-and-white illustrations and bold red accents, this is a study of a creature that has annoyed, disgusted, nourished, and intrigued its human neighbours for centuries. Weaving together science, history, culture, and folklore, it offers a look at rats that goes from the curious to repulsive, horrifying to comic, fearsome to inspiring. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
Able to claw straight up a brick wall, squeeze through a pipe the width of a quarter, and gnaw through iron and concrete, rats are also revealed in this fascinating book to be incredibly intelligent and capable of compassion. Weaving together science, history, culture, and folklore, award-winning writer Albert Marrin offers a look at rats that goes from the curious to repulsive, horrifying to comic, fearsome to inspiring. Arresting black-and-white scratchboard illustrations with bold red accents add visual punch to this study of a creature that has annoyed, disgusted, nourished, and intrigued its human neighbours for centuries.
Able to claw straight up a brick wall, squeeze through a pipe the width of a quarter, and gnaw through iron and concrete, rats are also revealed in this fascinating book to be incredibly intelligent and capable of compassion. Weaving together science, history, culture, and folklore, award-winning writer Albert Marrin offers a look at rats that goes from the curious to repulsive, horrifying to comic, fearsome to inspiring. Arresting black-and-white scratchboard illustrations with bold red accents add visual punch to this study of a creature that has annoyed, disgusted, nourished, and intrigued its human neighbours for centuries.
Product Details
Publisher
Puffin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
94g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780147512819
SKU
V9780147512819
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Ref
99-15
About Albert Marrin
Albert Marrin is the author of many award-winning nonfiction books for young people and is the recipient of many honors, including the Washington Post Nonfiction Award for "outstanding lifetime contribution [that] has enriched the field of children's literature." C. B. Mordan has illustrated several children’s books, including Silent Movie by Avi and Guinea Pig Scientists by Mel Boring and Leslie Dendy. ... Read more
Reviews for Oh Rats!: The Story of Rats and People
Praise for Oh, Rats!:
"[A] lively and informative overview of the history and behavior of the widely encountered rodent.... It's a different sort of discussion... for this well-known historian and biographer and one that he has clearly enjoyed, as will a wide variety of nonfiction readers and animal fans. There's a bibliography of adult sources and children's nonfiction as ... Read more
"[A] lively and informative overview of the history and behavior of the widely encountered rodent.... It's a different sort of discussion... for this well-known historian and biographer and one that he has clearly enjoyed, as will a wide variety of nonfiction readers and animal fans. There's a bibliography of adult sources and children's nonfiction as ... Read more