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Cinderella's Rat | Susan Meddaugh

"Sometimes the smallest friends can make the biggest difference."

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Cinderella's Rat | Susan Meddaugh

Cinderella's Rat can be used in the classroom to explore different perspectives in storytelling, encouraging students to consider how minor characters impact the main narrative. Additionally, it provides a fun opportunity for creative writing, where students can rewrite classic tales from the viewpoint of other overlooked characters.

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Cinderella's Rat | Susan Meddaugh
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Cinderella's Rat by Susan Meddaugh reimagines the classic Cinderella story from the perspective of her loyal rat friend. As Cinderella prepares for the royal ball, the rat feels overlooked but is determined to help her against the challenges posed by her stepfamily. Using his cleverness, he aids Cinderella in achieving her dreams. This fun twist highlights themes of friendship, loyalty, and the importance of every character, no matter how small.

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Michael_Gee
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Orris is a curmudgeonly rat who must decide between self-protection & mercy when an owl gets trapped near Orris‘s nest. What sways him is literature, or, reading, to be more exact. His conscience has been built up by fables like the lion & the mouse and the slogan from a treasured can of sardines. I love what that implies about the nests we make around ourself & how they can remind us of our better selves when faced with a crisis. Sweet & clever.

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LibraryCin
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Mehso-so

This was ok. Not as humourous as I remember of the other (few) books I‘ve read by Pratchett. I hate footnotes, though, and even more so in fiction, but Pratchett uses them. Luckily, there were not many in this book

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Bookzombie
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Read in March.

This is a reread from my childhood and I loved it all over again. It will be one of the books in my nephew‘s birthday pile.

Soubhiville Definitely an old favorite! 7mo
Reggie That cartoon scared me so much as a kid. The whole owl scene. Oof 7mo
Bookzombie @Reggie It‘s funny I have seen several people talk about the movie scaring them but I don‘t remember that. I am planning to rewatch it. 7mo
tpixie What great memories!!! 7mo
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PageShifter
The Rats | James Herbert
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I loved how characters were pretty nicely fleshed out, not too common thing in this genre.

Atmosphere was horrid! I could really feel the horror and fear that characters were feeling. Ending was also great xD

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TheSpineView Fantastic! 10mo
Andrew65 A classic! Well done 👏👏👏 10mo
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LibraryCin
Correction Road | Glen Dresser
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Mehso-so

This is a pretty slow story. Overall, I‘m rating it ok, though. I‘m not thrilled about rats being poisoned at the border. None of the 4 were terribly likable or interesting. I was a child in 1979, so some of the 70s references (tv, music, etc) were kind of fun. Also, my grandparents, then parents sold farm equipment, so it was interesting for me to read about the different farm equipment, though this is unlikely to be of interest to many.

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Roary47
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4✨I watched the movie as a kid so many times and never read the book. It was pretty much as epic as I remembered. Mrs Frisby has a sick child in their burrow and since her husband had passed away it was up to her to figure out how to protect him since the farmer was going to plow the field where they lived. This brave mama met with a crow, owl, rats, and the humans bent on exterminating them all. Definitely a book worth the Newberry Metal #roll100

marleed Ahh, I just love it when I scroll down to see a post of a book I loved years ago! 12mo
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Eggs
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Mrs. Frisby is a widow with 4 small children. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death when the farmer plants the field. To make matters worse, her littlest one is ill with pneumonia. Can she reach the mysterious rats of NIMH in time and request help?? Book 1 of 3.
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TheSpineView 🌞🌞🌞 12mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 12mo
TheAromaofBooks I remember reading this as a kid but can't even recall whether or not I liked it! It's been on my reread list for a while. I think there is a whole series? 12mo
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Eggs @TheSpineView 🥰🤗🥰 12mo
Eggs @DieAReader 🤗🥰🤗 12mo
Eggs @TheAromaofBooks my kids used to watch the movie-it closely aligns with book. 3 books in series! 12mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 A real classic. 12mo
Eggs @Andrew65 Agree 💯 12mo
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