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Is the Secret of NIMH based on a book?
“The Secret of NIMH,” based on the Newbery Award-winning book “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” by Robert C. O’Brien, is the animated film about rats and mice injected with a chemical that increases their intelligence and lengthens their lives.
What is the theme of Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NYM?
One central theme to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is the importance of family. Mrs. Frisby’s main reason for taking any action in the story is her love and devotion to Timothy.
What is the main problem in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH?
Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is Man (non-human protagonist) vs. Nature. When Mrs. Frisby’s son Timothy comes down with pneumonia, she faces a serious choice: try to escape to the woods to avoid plowing, or stay in hopes that their home will be missed by the plow.
Does Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH have a sequel?
Racso and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH/Followed by
Racso and the Rats of NIMH is the 1986 sequel to the popular book, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, written by Jane Leslie Conly. It continues where the previous book left off. The book would be followed by a sequel published in 1990, R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH.
What are the characters in Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH?
I immediately fell in love with the names of O’Brien’s characters: Jeremy (the crow), Timothy (a mouse and Mrs. Frisby’s ailing son), Nicodemus (the leader of the rats), Justin (the captain of the guard), and Dragon (the ever-present, often deadly cat).
Robert C. O’Brien
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH/Authors
Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this Newbery Medal Award–winning classic by notable children’s author Robert C. O’Brien. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem.