- Published: 2 October 2014
- ISBN: 9780147512819
- Imprint: Puffin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 112
- RRP: $19.99
Oh Rats!
The Story of Rats and People











- Published: 2 October 2014
- ISBN: 9780147512819
- Imprint: Puffin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 112
- RRP: $19.99
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 well as a listing of literary works featuring rats."
--School Library Journal, starred review
"Children fond of nonfiction that is laced with discomfiting--or downright revolting--information will happily fall upon this anecdotal look at the shared history of the animal kingdom's greatest survivors... Pleasantly icky."
--Booklist
"The book may be nonfiction, but it is also fine storytelling. C. B. Mordan's evocative black-and-white line drawings... show off the rat to its best advantage--in moments both wicked and benign. This is a fine marriage of narration and illustration; a very fine book, indeed."
--Children's Literature
"The lore and science of rats receive an enthusiastic treatment... Well-designed sidebars present additional related factoids for the eager reader. End matter provides both the author's bibliography and a number of titles for further reading, both nonfiction and fiction. Even the most rat-o-phobic reader will emerge with a heightened appreciation for the hardy rodent."
--Kirkus Reviews
A Junior Library Guild Selection