Robert C O'Brien
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Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived. Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH,...
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The post-apocalyptic tale of one girl's efforts to survive alone in a devastated town-and what happens when a mysterious stranger appears-from Newbery Award-winning author, Robert C. O'Brien, is now a major motion picture starring Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, and Chiwetel Ejiofor! Ann Burden is completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote...
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On her tenth birthday, Ellen wakes up to find a silver crown on her pillow ; a few minutes later her house burns up and her parents disappear, and she is launched on an adventure involving a trek through the woods, a castle full of brainwashed captives, and the powerful Hieranymus Machine which wants her crown.
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Ediciones B
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2011
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Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
An inquisitive mouse becomes involved in an intrigue when she discovers her late husband had been held captive at a bizarre laboratory.
La señora Frisby, una ratoncita vuida con cuatro hijos pequeños, tiene que trasladar a su familia a su casa de verano inmediatamente, o enfrentarse a una muerte...
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FernGully: the last rainforest: Tiny sprites, winged fairies and tree spirits live in joyful harmony deep in the heart of the rainforest. When their home is threatened by humans, one courageous sprite gives her all to save it. A troll in Central Park: A kindhearted troll who can create flowers by touch, Stanley is banished to New York City by Gorga, the mean-spirited Queen of the Kingdom of Trolls. Stanley takes refuge in Central Park, where he...
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MGM/UA Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
1983
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To save her family from a farmer’s plow, Mrs. Brisby, a mild-mannered mouse, has a plan to move her house! However, Mrs. Brisby will need an engineering miracle to hoist her home, and for that she must face a wicked rat, fend off a vicious cat and claim a magic amulet! But when Mrs. Brisby discovers the astounding secret of NIMH...it will change her life forever! Starring the voices of Dom DeLuise, John Carradine and Peter Strauss, “THE SECRET...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2014]
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Secret of NIMH (82 mins.): Faced with the need to move her family from a farmer's field while her Timothy is seriously ill, a widowed mouse seeks help from a group of rats whose unwilling participation in experiments at a place called NIMH has made them wise and long lived -- NIMH 2 (68 mins.): Timmy Brisby, the youngest son of Jonathan Brisby who once saved them from an evil place called NIMH, will go through hero training 101. But before he even...
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc
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[2010]
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The secret of Nimh: The tale of Mrs. Brisby, the timid mouse who becomes a heroine in spite of herself. She gets help in saving her family from Farmer Fitzgibbon's plow from a crow, an owl and some intelligent rats.
The water babies: Tom, an orphan who cleans chimneys, stumbles into an underwater world and is fascinated by talking fish and amazing animated creatures, but he longs to return to his home.