AN OLD STORY WITH A NEW TWIST

You would be wise not to anger the Brixen witch. But what if you make her angry by accident? Nope, doesn't matter. She is still going to haunt and hex you. That's what happens to Rudi when he stumbles upon a gold coin while he's out foraging around the forest. The next thing he knows he is being haunted by a creepy noise. Even after he puts the coin back on the mountain (sort of) a plague of rats infects the town! 

THE BRIXEN WITCH by Stacy DeKeyser will have you guessing about what happens next, and it's not what you expect! This is a retelling of the classic Pied Piper story, but with many great twists and a completely different ending. 

For 3rd - 6th grades.

MEET WALTER!

Why is it always the mice that get all the attention and not the rats? This is one of the questions that the very curious and intelligent Walter the Rat wonders about as he lives his days in an author's house full of books.

Hence develops the friendship between the rat and the author in this very unique and original story. Walter and Miss Pomeroy begin to correspond through letters and the more they write to each other the more closer they become. WALTER: THE STORY OF A RAT by BARBARA WERSBA and the illustrations by DONNA DIAMOND is one not to be missed.

For grades third and up.

A TALE SPINNING RAT

"How does a book-loving, cookie-baking rat named Bob save his tail from being gobbled by twi hungry cats? By telling them fairy tales about his family, of course!"

Scheherazade like story but in animal form. How to Save Your Tail by Mary Hanson is a perfect silly beginning chapter book for animal loving readers in 2nd - 4th.