Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat (Hardcover) by Lynne Jonell

from scote23

Emmy has always tried her best to be a good girl. However, no one except her nanny, Miss Barmy and the class rat seems to pay any attention to her. Why is that? When Emmy decides to set the rat free one day, it sets forth a series of events that answer that question. I quite enjoyed it.

from bunwat

This was fun. I liked the interplay between Emmy and her various friends, rodent and human. They were all vivid characters in their various ways, and different one from the other - the narcoleptic professor and the sweet gentle Endearmouse and the vainglorious Shrinking Rat and the popular jock w...

from TigerLMS

Emmy can't figure out why no one in class, including her teacher, pays any attention to her-- or, for that matter, why the class rat can talk to her. Emmy's newly wealthy parents are constantly on the road, leaving her with her horribly awful nanny, Mrs. Barmy. Not only can the rat talk, but it h...

from ChazziFrazz

Emmaline Augusta Addison is a good girl who tries to do everything right, but no one notices her. Her teacher doesn't seem to remember her name and her classmates ignore her. At home her parents are rarely home. Even when they do stop in, between trips to Paris, Salamanca, the Isle of Bugaloo or ...

from snickel63

I found this book to be quite entertaining. The premise was light and yet there was a "villian" in it as well. I liked the idea of rodents (which many people do not like) to be nice and easy-going throughout the book. I would recommend this to younger readers.