{"product_id":"the-rescuers-by-margery-sharp","title":"The Rescuers by Margery Sharp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiss Bianca is a white mouse of great beauty and supreme self-confidence, who, courtesy of her excellent young friend, the ambassador's son, resides luxuriously in a porcelain pagoda painted with violets, primroses, and lilies of the valley. Miss Bianca would seem to be a pampered creature, and not, you would suppose, the mouse to dispatch on an especially challenging and extraordinarily perilous mission. However, it is precisely Miss Bianca that the Prisoners' Aid Society picks for the job of rescuing a Norwegian poet imprisoned in the legendarily dreadful Black Castle. Miss Bianca, after all, is a poet too, and in any case she is due to travel any day now to Norway. There Miss Bianca will be able to enlist one Nils, known to be the bravest mouse in the land, in a desperate and daring endeavor that will take them, along with their trusty companion Bernard, across turbulent seas and over the paws and under the maws of cats into one of the darkest places known to man or mouse. It will take everything they've got and a good deal more to escape with their own lives, not to mention the poet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A fabulously funny tale of great adventure.\" --Anita Silvey, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren's Book-a-Day Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rescuers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as in all the best children's books, the terrific story presents a thrilling view of life: that loyalty, modesty and the iron strength of good manners--especially under pressure!--can result in feats worthy of the greatest heroes.\" --Sonja Bolle, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Margery Sharp's mouse-centric 1959 adventure, The Rescuers, has only been out of print for a decade, but it is well worth revisiting. For one thing, it has just been reissued in handsome hardback as part of the New York Review Children's Collection, with drawings by Garth Williams. For another, this new incarnation provides an excuse to rescue the story for a generation of children who might otherwise know only the animated 1977 Disney movie of the same name. As with most children's classics, Ms. Sharp's original work is much funnier and more interestingly textured than the high-fructose movie version.\" -- Megan Cox Gurdon, T \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Miss Sharp's delicate and sophisticated humor is good fun for wise children from age 10 to 100.\" --Jerome Cushman, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargery Sharp\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1905-1991) published fifteen novels for adults before writing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rescuers\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1959), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher first book for children. Born Clara Margery Melita Sharp in Salisbury, England, she spent part of her childhood in Malta before returning to England for high school. By the time she graduated with honors in French from the University of London, she had already begun publishing short stories; her work would later become a fixture in such American and British magazines as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLadies' Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Several of Sharp's novels were serialized and a number became successful films, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCluny Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (screenplay by Ernst Lubitsch) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritannia Mews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (written by Ring Lardner, Jr.); the Rescuers series eventually numbered nine volumes and inspired two animated feature films from Disney.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarth Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-1996) illustrated nearly one hundred books for children, including \u003ci\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCharlotte's Web\u003c\/i\u003e by E.B. White, \u003ci\u003eA Cricket in Times Square\u003c\/i\u003e by George Selden, and the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Born in New York City to English artist parents, Williams lived in New Jersey, France, and Canada before moving to England in 1922. He had plans to be an architect but ultimately studied painting, design, and sculpture at the Westminster Art School and the Royal College of Art. Having -returned to the United States after World War II, Williams found work at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where he met E.B. White just as the latter was finishing \u003ci\u003eStuart Little\u003c\/i\u003e. Williams also wrote and illustrated several books of his own, including \u003ci\u003eThe Chicken Book: A Traditional Rhyme\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Benjamin Pink\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBaby Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rabbits' Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTarget Age 9-12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNyrb Kids\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eSeptember 06, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.5\" H x 7.6\" L x 5.2\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e160 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44929645609146,"sku":"9781681370071","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/71uaRT4wSAL._SL1144.jpg?v=1750182145","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/the-rescuers-by-margery-sharp","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}