{"product_id":"the-rescuers-paperback","title":"The Rescuers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargery Sharp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGarth Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Margery Sharp's classic tale of pluck, luck, and derring-do is amply and beautifully illustrated by the great Garth Williams.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargery Sharp\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1991) published fifteen novels for adults before writing \u003ci\u003eThe Rescuers \u003c\/i\u003e(1959), \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLadies' Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e. Several of Sharp's novels were serialized and a number became successful films, including\u003ci\u003e Cluny Brown\u003c\/i\u003e (screenplay by Ernst Lubitsch) and \u003ci\u003eBritannia Mews\u003c\/i\u003e (written by Ring Lardner, Jr.); the Rescuers series eventually numbered nine volumes and inspired two animated feature films from Disney. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rescuers\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700813533247,"sku":"9781681370071","price":14.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a38a1e5914fe2dd6e007bdb1aa435f41.webp?v=1765018276","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-rescuers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}