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What the critics say

High comedy with unforgettable animal characters. The lightness of Terry Pratchett's wit (especially his word games) makes it easy to underestimate the more serious points of this story
- Guardian

Alongside the gags and pest-control politics, there are enough complex ideas about nature, nurture and understanding to satisfy a wide audience
- Observer

The humour is sophisticated and demands that the reader keep up to speed. A passion for language, wordplay and puns bursts from the pages
- Daily Telegraph

A brilliant and bizarre reworking of that well-known folk tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin
- The School Librarian

Terry Pratchett doesn't play literary ball, preferring to forge his own way on the back of some of the most original and inventive fantasy available for children today. In The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents he creates a funny, fast-paced fantasy with a heart
- Scotsman