| The Rescuers |  | Author: Margery Sharp
Creator: Garth Williams
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Publication Date: April 1994
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 Not the story from the movie February 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I never read this book before. I just loved the Disney movie, which I had seen as a child and have watched once as an adult. And, like another favorite of mine from childhood, "The Secret of Nihm", I thought surely there must be a book, and I would love to read it. I should have read the reviews before I ordered the book, but I had no way of knowing it would be so completely different. Maybe it's a good book. I haven't gotten very far yet; I just know that, where I'm at in the book right now, I've realized that it has nothing whatsoever to do with the movie. I realize the book was written first, but I want the story from the movie with the little girl and the crazy kidnappers and the teddy bear and the alligators and all of that. The movie was the cutest thing, and this book is not even close to that. It's about mice (who are bland in the illustrations & don't even wear clothes) who help and rescue prisoners--yes, prisoners. Not little girls in orphanages.
So, while I see many people have given this a good rating, and I admit I should finish it and see what I think about it then, it's still not what I was looking for, and I'm afraid my opinion is going to be colored by my expectations now.
By the way, I read the book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nihm" as an adult, after I had seen the movie as a child, and yes, it was also different, but it still had the same basic story, and it was a good story, even if the movie was different.
Not the case with this book.
Hooray for Nils and Miss Bianca (and Bernard)! September 6, 2007
I read this book many times as a child and loved the story and the delightful illustrations rendered by the matchless Garth Williams - and read it in just two days as an adult, loving it every bit as much! The actual story has almost nothing to do with the storyline from the Disney cartoon of the same name. It is a whimsical, wonderful tale of friendship, courage and loyalty, and lives changed as the result of taking unexpected chances. Margery Sharp is a wonderful author, but just as a side note, I think any book I have ever seen that Garth Williams has illustrated is well worth reading. Highly recommended!!
As wonderfully charming as the Disney film they inspired! January 14, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Margery Sharp's delightful children's masterpiece The Rescuers was a joy to read, using simple language and sophisticated wording, the big world of Bernard and Miss Bianca is sure a wonder to behold. Without a doubt one of the sweetest books I have ever come across.
Although I must admit that the first few chapters dragged on, once it got into the action the book was wonderful. Miss Bianca, a mouse agent of the Prisoner's Aid Society finds out about the unfair imprisonment of a Norweyan poet who she insists is in desperate need of rescuing. Miss Bianca musn't venture out alone, especially into the cruel dark gates of the Black Castle, for this she is sent first to acquire the needed help far away and she brings back the brave mouse Nils. Together with Nils and the faithful Bernard, they'll travel on a long journey to the dark Black Castle where they'll face several challenges and bring the poet safely home.
The only problem with the book was really that the imprisoned victim lacked personality, we knew next to nothing about him, so feeling for him was hard. Margery Sharp improved this in the sequel "Miss Bianca" in which the girl Patience developed a loving personality which later inspired the adorable Penny in the Disney film from 1977.
I've seen the film being critiziced several times among previous reviews, but I must say the Disney film was able to fully capture the charming world of The Rescuers and I think they did a much, much nicer job with it then with it's horrid sequel "The Rescuers Down Under" in which all of Margery Sharp's charming world was trashed into a Disney-eske modern, exagerated action world which completely ruined the books and the first film's sophistication. All in all, this book gets five out of five stars, the sequel "Miss Bianca" gets five out of five stars, and the Disney film gets five out of five stars.
Highly recommended!
The rare children's book in which mice aid Norwegians May 13, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Disney has much to answer for. Through the years it's co-opted, retold, and twisted a whole range of interesting children's books and stories out there. No one denies this. However, Disney sometimes (without realizing it itself) does the world a boon. Take, for example, the case of "The Rescuers". Best known today as a cartoon movie in which Eva Gabor and Bob Newhart lend their voices to two adorable mouse rescuers of a little girl, few remember that the film originally began as a book series. Fewer still have read that series today. Yet for all its faults, Disney's movie still leads children to read Margery Sharp's impeccable little treasure. It is debatable whether or not people would still remember the book were it not for the film. What is not debatable is the fact that the book, for all its dated concepts and affectations, remains a wonderful classic.
The Prisoners' Aid Society is a noble institution. Run entirely by mice, the society strives to help cheer and aid a variety of prisoners held around the world. This they do for the good of the world around them, and their selflessness is to be commended. When it comes to the attention of the society that a Norwegian poet has been wrongly imprisoned in the legendary (and much feared) Black Castle, the mice waste no time in formulating a plan for the man's release. The first thing to do, however, is to locate a brave Norwegian mouse to speak to the prisoner. This would normally be a long and tedious process, but luck is with the society. Bernard, a solid sturdy brown mouse, is dispatched to enlist the aid of Miss Bianca. Miss Bianca is the white pet mouse of the ambassador's son and she has always lived in the lap of luxury. Soon the ambassador and his son will be leaving for Norway and if Bernard can convince Miss Bianca to locate a brave Norwegian rodent for their cause, the prisoner may stand a chance. Being a bit of a spoiled pet, Miss Bianca initially shies away from Bernard's pleas, but his good heart and her better nature prevail and soon she's involved in a world of intrigue and heroic mouse rescues.
It's a funny book to read today for a number of reasons. Because it was originally written in 1959, Miss Bianca is often spoken of as a lady. She's spoiled so she doesn't understand how act in the real world. So there is some interesting language regarding her complete confusion over things that "every" woman should know (like where a house's pantry is). I was personally surprised to find that for all her charms, Miss Bianca begins the novel as an ignorant little thing prone to fainting fits and ends the book a little wiser if still slightly affected. Bernard, for his part, immediately wins the hearts and minds of every person that meets him. You completely understand his selfless devotion to Miss Bianca. More shockingly to me, Miss Bianca seemingly returns Bernard's affections, even if she does place him second in her heart to the boy that is her master. Sharp's language is especially effective. Though I don't have clear memories of reading this tale as a child, the moment I came to the passage in which the evil jailer's room was covered in the bodies of beautiful impaled butterflies, suddenly everything came flooding back to me. Finally, Garth Williams the Great has lent his illustrative hand to the project. His pictures are fabulous. No author has ever quite mastered the combination of cutesy (as in the case of the mice) and downright horrific (the cat in this book will, with any luck, give every reader that sees it nightmares). Even if the text were not good, the pictures would be worth the price of purchase alone.
Books in which mice speak and interact with one another on an almost human level abound in the children's literary world. You have your "Poppy" by Avi and your "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh" by Robert O'Brien. You have "Time Stops For No Mouse" by Michael Hoeye and "Basil of Baker Street" by Eve Titus. Add to the list, "The Rescuers", and you've a perfect platter of fabulous kiddie lit. This is one of those amazing classics that may forever be tied into its Disneyfication, but at least it'll be remembered. A beautiful book that more people should know.
As good as I remembered! August 2, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Not many things in life can live up to the fond image your memory creates after many years of absence. Margery Sharp's Miss Bianca series can, I'm happy to learn. I recently bought the first three books of the series (The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, The Turret) to read with my kids. I'd read them when I was a kid and remembered -- more than remembered, I could even *feel* -- the carried-away-by-my-imagination thrill that I got when I'd first read them. Do you remember that from certain childhood books or games?
It was great; all three of us (my two daughters and I) were transported by these tales. Ms. Sharp's prose is luscious, wicked, rich. The tales are exciting, funny, preposterous. The stories are old-fashioned...there isn't a very firm commitment to reality. These are mice who rescue prisoners; reality would be inappropriate. But letting go of Facts can be asking too much of modern-day readers who are bound (by TV and movies?) to only visualize what Dreamworks would screen or Pixar would pixelate. Don't stop there! Let your imagination carry you beyond the Facts...well, anyway, have fun with some wonderful books.
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