Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived. Awarded the Newbery Medal, 1972.
Timothy Frisby, a field mouse, teams up with the adventurous young rat Racso as together they try to prevent the destruction of a secret community of rats that can read and write.
A magical cartoon fantasy featuring a timid mouse who is trying to save her house from Farmer Fitzgibbon's plow. Mrs. Brisby, the mother mouse, gets help from a klutsy crow, a wise owl, and some highly intelligent rats.