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32 pp.
| Greenwillow |
May, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-688-16432-3$$15.95
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LibraryISBN 0-688-16433-1$$15.89
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K-3
Looking for shelter, a traveling rat winds up inside a museum of natural history, where he finds warmth, interesting surroundings, and friendly fellow squatters. A mishap with a dinosaur skeleton leaves the group out in the cold until they repair the skeleton and win a place on the museum staff. Unnecessary dialogue dilutes the humor, but Stevenson's loose watercolor cartoons energize this whimsical story.