its inventive plot and for the "ease and freedom", "elegance", and "irony" of Sharp's writing. In 2011, a decade after going out of print, the book was reissued in a new edition by The New York Review of Books. Reviewer Meghan Cox Gurdon of The Wall Street Journal noted that the book "is much funnier and more interestingly textured than the high-fructose movie version." References External links http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/childrens/the-rescuers/ 1959 British novels British children's novels British fantasy novels Children's fantasy novels Children's novels about animals British novels adapted into films 1959 children's books William Collins, Sons books Novels by Margery Sharp Books about mice and rats