内容简介
Mrs.Frisby,awidowedmousewithfoursmallchildren,isfacedwithaterribleproblem.Shemustmoveherfamilytotheirsummerquartersimmediately,orfacealmostcertaindeath.Butheryoungestson,Timothy,liesillwithpneumoniaandmustnotbemoved.Fortunately,sheencounterstheratsofNIMH,anextraordinarybreedofhighlyintelligentcreatures,whocomeupwithabrilliantsolutiontoherdilemma.AndMrs.Frisbyinturnrendersthemagreatservice.
作者简介
RobertC.O'BrienInreallife,RobertC.O'BrienwasRobertLeslieConly.HewasborninBrooklyn,NewYork,attendedWilliamsCollegeandgraduatedfromtheUniverstiyofRochester.WhiletherehestudiedpianoatEastmanSchoolofMusic,andatonetimeconsideredbeingamusician.Instead,hebecameaneditorandwriterforNewsweekmagazinefrom1941to1944,andforPathfinderfrom1946to1951.From1951untilthetimeofhisdeathin1973hewasemployedasawriterandeditorbytheNationalGeographicMagazine.HemadehishomeinNewYorkCitybefore1944andinWashington,D.C.afterthat.HealsohadahomeinMorganCounty,WestVirginia,after1965,aplacehelovedandvisitedasoftenashecould.Hewasmarriedandthefatherofonesonandthreedaughters.HisbooksincludeTheSilverCrown,Mrs.FrisbyandtheRatsofNIMH,whichwontheNewberyAward,andAReportFromGroup17.Hislastbook,ZisforZachariahwasnearlycompletedatthetimeofhisdeath;thelastfewchapterswerewrittenfromnotesbythiswifeandoneofhisdaughters.
