Loved the voice in this book and actually learned quite a bit about an animal that might not be my favorite! Great history tidbits and just weird, interesting facts about rats!

You will never look at a rat the same way again. Interesting read.

Really gross, but fascinating at the same time. We often only hear the negatives about rats. It was truly interesting to read about the diseases, jobs, and delicacies all created/caused by and around rats.

"Oh Rats!" Choice Book #6, Quarter 2

"Oh Rats!" is a book about rats and facts about them written by Albert Marrin. Marrin tells the reader everything about rats and their daily life, rat stories, what they eat, the history of the rats, and many more. Rats are creatures that are incredible and can do incredible things, such as claw straight up a brick wall, squeeze through a pipe the width of a quarter, and gnaw through iron and concrete.
In my opinion, I think this book told me everything I needed to know about rats. Parts I really liked was when Marrin told us about how the rats once flooded an entire village by gnawing throw a pipe. I thought that was unbelievably incredible to be able to do that. Also another thing I realized when I was reading this book, this book is very different from other books I have read in the past...when I was reading this, I was never bored. Every time I started getting a little bored, another new and fun fact or a story would come up and I would be exited about it. In conclusion, I think that Marrin did a great job putting all the facts and stories into the book, "Oh Rats!", and I really enjoyed reading this book.

Recommended by the science award website...

good book about rats

Fascinating! Humans and rats share a long history. Rats are being used to detect mines, tuberculosis, victims in building collapses, and helped cure polio among many other amazing feats.

I almost skipped this book because....rats.

But, wow. This was so interesting, and I have a better understanding of rats. Will I still be horrified if I ever come across a wild rat? Absolutely. Will I ever be open to eating a rat? Nope.

But I can appreciate them a little bit more than I did before I read this book.

Not to mention, the art is beautifully haunting.

This book was about how rats and people interact and some of the chapters are just about rats. The chapters about people and rats tell how the humans deal or interact with the rats and how the rats effected them. Some of the chapters are how they got rid of the rats or rats diets. A few of the chapters that I found interesting was one about rats diets, the black plague, and chemicals they used on rats. There was even one chapter that talked about how they benefited from the rats, I didn't know that rats were useful back then.

I think this was a pretty easy read. I enjoyed reading this book even though it was about rats. I didn't think it was going to be just about rats at first based on the first couple of pages I read. Overall I think this was a great book for literary non-fiction. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy reading about animals and like to get facts about them.

YAY! This book taught me a lot of cool and interesting facts about rats. It helped me gain more knowledge and understanding of rats, and also I think that this book will be a great book to read if you are going to research rats. This book was obviously non-fiction, so please don't mistake it for a fun fiction book! I really recommend you this book if you are interested in rats, and I'm sure it would be a fun book for you to read.

Overall, I gave this book 3 stars because it had compelling facts that I never knew. I guess this is a pretty high rating for a non-fiction book because I do not like non-fiction books that much.

I hope you read this book and enjoy it

Very intersting book that included all one every needs to know about rats. Also has fascianting facts that can be found in boxes around the margins. Gives a new appreciation for these pests' persistance to survive any challenge. This book also makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up as it divulges information about carrying germs and disease, diets, and more. In the end it proves all creature have a place and purpose in this world.

How many of you would pick up a book about rats? Well, this book is fascinating! Did you know rats have survived atomic blasts? I learned so much about this little creature, and I am a much bigger fan of rats now than before the read!