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Miss Bianca (The Rescuers #2)
Garth Williams is the illustrator.
Hardcover, 152 pages
Published
January 30th 1962
by Little Brown and Company
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Miss Bianca is a very charming white mouse of high social standing who we were introduced to in The Rescuers. Disney, when they made the film, used the story from Miss Bianca (the sequel), the title from the first book, and a great deal of creative license to create their film. What they did do well, was to capture the spirit of a very posh Miss Bianca and a very faithful (and lower class) Bernard who rescue people in need, being held prisioner, or otherwise lonely and friendless.
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Miss Bianca, Chairwoman of the Prisoners' Aid Society (a charitable mousy organization dedicated to the comfort of incarcerated humans), has a new project to suggest. The last daring adventure, the rescue of a Norwegian poet from the infamous Black Castle (pause for ominous music) was obviously a great ego boost to the mice, and they are consequently quite boisterous and full of themselves. Miss Bianca, waiting for the Society's latest meeting to come to order, muses that
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Miss Bianca was a very quick read but there's not much substance to the book. The book is nothing more than a slightly padded fairy story in some sort of ambiguous time where there are buses and horse drawn carriages (if the illustrations have any bearing on the story itself). Normally I enjoy Garth William's illustrations but here they were quite grotesque and over done. Oh well, the book will be off to it's next reader soon.
Rachel, Josh, and I loved this book. (Josh gives it 6 stars) The book is about Bernard and Bianca rescuing a little girl who's been kidnapped, but those are the only similarities to the Disney version of "The Rescuers." (No crocodiles or Madame Medusa in the book) The writing is great, the Garth Williams illustrations are adorable, and the story is exciting. Perfect read-aloud!
Jul 28, 2010
Carmine
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
animal-stories,
juvenile-fiction
an all time favorite from childhood, can't wait to read it to my daughter. Luckily, I found a copy at the SPL booksale a few years back.
Why, oh why are the Miss Bianca books still out of print?!?!!?
Why, oh why are the Miss Bianca books still out of print?!?!!?
As a child, I loved this book, and I still love it now. Charming and memorable characters--and the beautiful illustrations!
Romantic Victorian Gothic Thriller Adventure. . . with mice. Wonderful, but the series gets better from here.
Miss Bianca by Margery Sharp (1974)
How did I not read that as a child?!
Not as good as I expected. Perhaps I would have liked The Rescuers better? Thought the plot was pretty flat.
Another funny, swiftly paced, and engaging tale from Margery Sharp. WHY ARE THESE BOOKS OUT OF PRINT?!
I LOVED the Miss Bianca series of books as a child & remember seeing The Rescuers at a drive in during its first run. These books were probably the reason my "imaginary friends" were mice...
I also remember reading Brittania Mews at probably much too young an age, just because it was by the same author.
I also remember reading Brittania Mews at probably much too young an age, just because it was by the same author.
Charming, though sentimental, story of very brave mice. This is a sequel to "The Rescuers." The art by Garth Williams simply delights me. (You'll recognize his work from Charlotte's Web and Little House.)
Aug 13, 2010
Arlene Allen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-favorites
When I read this, there was no Disney version.
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Margery Sharp was born Clara Margery Melita Sharp in Salisbury. She spent part of her childhood in Malta.
Sharp wrote 26 novels, 14 children's stories, 4 plays, 2 mysteries and many short stories. She is best known for her series of children's books about a little white mouse named Miss Bianca and her companion, Bernard. Two Disney films have been made based on them, called The Rescuers and The Res...more
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Sharp wrote 26 novels, 14 children's stories, 4 plays, 2 mysteries and many short stories. She is best known for her series of children's books about a little white mouse named Miss Bianca and her companion, Bernard. Two Disney films have been made based on them, called The Rescuers and The Res...more
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