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Big Brown Bear is visited by a rat who wants to use one of his slippers for a bed.

Text and photographs follow a twelve-year-old girl as she learns to care for her pet rat.

In a story loosely based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin, an elf acquires from a miserable witch a magic pipe that allows him to transform things, including the mean-spirited Grand Duke who rules over a rat-infested town.

Brief text and photographs show how rats and their incredible sense of smell are being trained to sniff out land mines, and even tell if a person has tuberculosis.

Living in the shadows under the direction of a famed mouse inventor, two recruits—a mouse with a score to settle and a sensitive rat with elite puzzle-solving skills—land at the center of an evil plot by a rogue animal society.

A universal story about the everlasting bonds of friendship and love, from two award-winning creators. There are some things that only a best friend can do—hold your hand when reading a scary story, carry you safely across a river, bandage your hurts, say it’s okay if you're grouchy, and best of all, forever hold you in their heart. Through a series of questions and answers, Bear tells his friend Rat that best friends will always be...

When he is captured by two of the queen's cats, Bob the rat prolongs his life by sharing fresh-baked cookies and stories of his ancestors, whose escapades are remarkably similar to those of well-known fairy tale heroes.

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen of one of Paris' most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage...

A young rat hides in his father's bass case and tags along as he plays and scats around the big city.

One spring, Mole decides to begin a series of adventures with his new friend, Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank and on an expedition with Toad. Toad decides his new car is more fun and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help. Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence for theft, reckless driving, and gross impertinence. Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and manages to escape. Badger tries to...