2 A Note From the Editor-in-Chief
3 Staff Listing, Subscription Info and
Other Official Fine Print
3 A Note From the Managing Editor
Feature Articles
4-5
Hey -- I’m Talking Here!
8-9 Writer/Artist Profile:
Robert C. O’Brien
16-17 Pregnant Paws
18-19 The Sweetest of Treats
20-22 Cavy Cuteness: A Brief Glimpse
At the Gentle (But Very Noisy)
Guinea Pig
26 To Receive a Gift...
Fiction
10-13
Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View -
Chapter 6
Poems
6 Springtime Beauty in a Snap -- And Smudge
14 M-O-M Spells L-O-V-E
24 G-RAT-UATION
Photos (Full Page) 6-7 Easter Snap (and Smudge)
14-15 Orvietta and her Rat/Mouse Kids
24-25 G-rat-uates Bolt and Spruce
Keela’s Reviews
23
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
(by Beverly Cleary)
susan schutz
875 wescott rd
eagan, MN 55123
Choose Your Country
Volume 2 Issue 1
Jan./Feb./Mar.2011
Contents:
Intros and Info
2 A Note From the Editor-in-Chief
3 Staff Listing, Subscription Info and
Other Official Fine Print
3 A Note From the Managing Editor
Feature Articles
4-5
If It Weren’t
For Those Tails 8-9 Artist Profile: Fred Marcellino
(Illustrator of
A Rat’s Tale
--
and Much More) 16-17
A Rat’s Skinny on Obesity...
18-20 The Groundhog: A Rodent
Subterranean, Not Sub-par
22-23 Rats of the Emerald Isle
26 A Sticky Situation Solved?
Soon -- With a Little Help
(A Look at Alternatives to Glue Traps)
Fiction
10-13
Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View -
Chapter 5
Poems
6 The Rats’ Grand Ball
14 Leland and Lolly
24 A Party for Pasternak
Photos (Full Page) 6-7
Ruby and Her Frog Prince 15
Leland and Lolly 25
A Wishful Pasternak
Keela’s Reviews
21
Angelina Ballerina (TV Series - 2002)
Choose Your Country
Volume 1, Issue 4
Oct./Nov./Dec. 2010
Contents:
Intros and Info
2
A Note From the Editor-in-Chief
3 Staff Listing, Subscription Info and
Other Official Fine Print
3 A Note From the Managing Editor
Feature Articles
4-5
The Great
Pet Shop Debate
8-9 Artist Profile: Adam Stennett
16-17 An Uncommon Mom of Many Tails
18-20 European Starlings: The Avian
World’s RATS
22-23 A Rat Recommends:
A Guide for New Rat Owners
26 Does A Rat Not Bleed?
Fiction
10-13
Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View -
Chapter 4
Poems
6 Witches Ghosts, Cats
and a Special Pirate
15 Harriet Gives Thanks
24 The Herald Angels Sing
Photos (Full Page) 7 Trick-or-Treat Ollie
14-15 Harriet, Hero and Their Boys,
Manning and Miracle 25 Angel Rudyard
Keela’s Reviews
21 Walter: The Story of a Rat (book)
Choose Your Country
Volume 1, Issue 3
July/Aug./Sept.2010
Contents:
Intros and Info
2 A Note
From the Editor-in-Chief
3 Staff Listing, Subscription Info and
Other Official Fine Print
3 A Note From the Managing Editor
Feature Articles
4-5
The City Rat and The Country Rat
8-9 Actor/Artist Profile: Lou Romano
a.k.a. “Linguini” from
Ratatouille 16-17 A
Veterinarian’s View vs. a
Rat’s Notion of Common Sense
(i.e. why live rats
shouldn't
be reptile food)
18-19 Eat Play Love
20-22 Benny Heather -- A Ratastic
Rabbit
26 A Roundly Reasonable Rat-ical
Rant
Fiction
10-13
Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View -
Chapter 3
Poems
6
Bursting With Anticipation
25 Patrick Comes Prepared
27 A Most Memorable Molly
Photos (Full
Page) 7 Lydia Waiting for Fireworks 14-15 Bailey’s Family Goes to the
Beach 24 Patrick’s First Day of School
Keela’s Reviews
23
Milo and the Mysterious Island (book)
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Volume 1, Issue 2 Apr./May/Jun 2010 Contents:
Intros and Info
2
A Note From the Editor-in-Chief
3 Staff Listing, Subscription Info and Other
Official Fine Print
3 A Note From the Managing Editor
Feature Articles 5
Paradise Lost, Regained and the End of
an Era
12-13 Writer Profile: Tor Seidler
16-17 Veterinary Spotlight -- and a Bit
More Common Sense
18-21 First Rat Love the Second (and
Third) Time Around
26 Sometimes the Lion Lies Down With the
Lamb -- and Sometimes the Lamb
Attacks?
Fiction
8-11
Book In Progress (continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View -
Chapter 2
Poems
7 Edison’s Egg Hunt
15 A Rat’s Tale in a Nutshell (or Seashell,
if you Prefer)
25 The Flower Girl’s Ode
Photos (Full
Page) 6
Edison Welcomes Spring
14-15 A Rat’s Tale
featuring Orzo as
Montague and Ruby as Isabel
24 Flower Girl Topaz
Keela’s Reviews
23
Gully’s Travels (book)
Special Extras 4
Reader Letters
22 A Past Lovingly Remembered -- and
Growing into the Future
27 Dedication
Choose Your Country
Volume 1, Issue 1 Jan./Feb./Mar. 2010
(Introductory Issue)
Contents:
Check Out a 15 Page Preview of this Issue by Clicking Here Intros and
Info 2
A Note From the Editor-in-Chief
3 Staff Listing, Subscription Info and Other
Official Fine Print
3-4 A Note From the Managing Editor
Feature Articles 5 Where it all Began: Molly 8-9
Artist Profile: Manon Cleary
16-17 Who Wouldn’t Want a Doc With
Common Sense
18-21 And The Lion Lay Down With
The Lamb
26 But -- of all Animals -- Why Rats???
Fiction 10-13
Book In Progress (continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View -
Chapter 1
Poems 15
Edison in Love
22 A Glance Through An Irish Rat Lover’s
Eyes
Photos (Full Page) 7 Ruby Celebrates Robert Burns Day
14 Valentine Edison
23 Wilkes’ Wearing o’ the Green
Keela’s Reviews 24 Miss Potter (film)
25 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (book/story)
Special Extras 6 Whether it’s the “To A Mouse” author’s
day (Jan. 25) — or any other occasion -
designer Marna Kazmaier knows how to
put the RAT in CelebRATe
21 Dispelling Rat Myths and Misconceptions -
Plus a Bit of Good Advice
27 Dedication
