Oh Rats! The Story of Rats and People
The Story of Rats and People
By Albert Marrin
(Dutton Juvenile, Hardcover, 9780525477624, 48pp.)
Publication Date: August 17, 2006
Categories: History - General, Animals - Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Squirrels, etc
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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 great compassion. Weaving science, history, culture, and folklore, awardwinning writer Albert Marrin offers a look at rats that goes from curious to repulsive, horrifying to comic, fearsome to inspiring. Arresting blackand- 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 neighbors throughout the centuries.
Albert Marrin is a much-decorated historian and writer whose most recent book, Terror of the Spanish Main, was called "addictive reading" in The Horn Book. He lives in Riverdale, New York.
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