Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People, by Albert Marrin

Illus. by D. B. Mordan.

Remembering an incident with a rat at age seven, the author offers a personal introduction to a fascinating exploration of the science and history of rats that revolves around their mostly irreputable relationship to humans along with their uses as a food source, detecting land mines and tuberculosis, and as lab rats for scientific research. Many fascinating facts are highlighted in sidebars and the black and white illustrations accented with red are just right.

Grades 4-7