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Comparing and contrasting Aurora Productions and Don Bluth Studios’ “The Secret of NIMH” with “Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” by Robert C. O’Brien
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Recommended Reading
“Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” by Robert C. O’Brien
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