One of my favorite books ever. I read it at least twice a year just for the good feeling it gives me when it is over.I first read years ago to my class when I taught 4th grade. Walter, The Story of a Rat, is a story about friendship plain and simple and beautiful. It is a book that gives you hope...
What a wonderful, wonderful book. Walter is a very literary rodent, much given to the apropos snippet of poetry. When he busted out "My candle burns at both ends" I whooped with laughter. The central conceit works so well here. Walter lives with an author and is dismayed to learn that her books are ...
Being a former pet rat owner, I found this book to be a wonderful depiction of a rat. It was such a sweetly written book.
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