Ratatouille [With Poster]

This is a really cute book on rats and would be perfect for this year's 2008 Chinese New Year because it is the year of the rat! This book is based on the extra short of "Your Friend the Rat" from the Ratatouille movie minus mentions of the black plague. with Remee & Emile hosting the book it makes rats look cute. Everybody at this point should have seen Ratatouille and or have looked at lots of books based about or from the movie. This book is different, it focuses on "Rats". This book tells us that there are 2 common types of rats, it tells how big a rat is, about what they like to eat and how strong their teeth are. It even has a page on the Hindu God Ganesha and how a rat carries Ganesha, and has 3 pages on how the rat is the 1st animal & year in the Chinese Zodiac as well as how people born in the year of the rat have certain special traits. The book also talks about how rats are important, how rats and humans share a similar internal biology, how they have helped find cures for diseases and even traveled to outer space. On the last page is cute little song about Rats that is also included in the short movie. Each year I try to get a book that focus on that years Chinese Zodiac animal so that my daughter can learn about that animal and this year this will be her special rat book! If you look at the other 2 reviews you'll notice that they are not about this book, but other Ratatouille books, just to give you a heads up. Also, this is not a Chinese New Year book....just about book about Rats!

This is a great book. The kids really like it. We all saw the movie and you can relive all great characters with the beautiful illustrations. This book reminded me of the books I enjoyed as a kid.