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Volume 13 Issue 2
3rd-4th Qtr. 2022
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 Clara’s/Cleo’s Corner
6 About the Cover Model and
a Mini Artist Profile
8-9 Artist Profile:
Paul Tavernor
16-19 Lynne McCoy:
Critter Care Extraordinaire
22-23 Rat Lady: Rewind
Fiction
10-13 Prince Dobablob Builds a Zeppelin
Chapter 11 by Stacy Winnick
Poems
14 Toys and Treasures
Photos (Full Page)
7 Pirate Sir Fluffington by Jamie Jarrell
14-15 Christmas Gift Templeton
by Kim Zier
24 Christmas Coco
Keela’s Reviews
21 Karl’s Diary and
A Quilt for Charley
both by Sharon Winters
Special Extras
20 A Tribute to Nickels (Pickelpants)
25-26 2023 Calendar
Front cover photo: Beesley by
Sarah Hunt, Marty Mouse House
Back cover photo: Koa and Caleb
(by Mil Scott)
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Volume 13 Issue 1
1st-2nd Qtr. 2022
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 Clara’s Corner
16-19 Tintin the Red Squirrel
20-21 Rat Lady: Rewind
Happy and Healthy: The Dangers
of Fluoride
24 A Tribute to Bert
26 The Great Capybara Rescue
Fiction
8-13 Prince Dobalob Builds A
Zeppelin – Chapters 9 & 10
by Stacy Winnick
Poems
6 A Wee Bit of Wizarding
15 The Key to Your Heart
by Bert (from Marty Mouse House)
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Sir Fluffington and Snoot
by Jamie Jarrell
14-15 Nickels (and Bert) by Sarah Hunt
23 St. Patrick’s Day by Kim Zier
Keela’s Reviews
22 Ratty Box (Monthly Subscription)
Special Extra
25 A Warm Welcome
Front cover photo: Koa
Back cover photo: Maude
(both by Mil Scott)
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Volume 12 Issue 2
2nd – 4th Qtr. 2021
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
12-13 How Wild is That?
16-18 A Trio of Tributes
20-21 Rat Lady: Rewind
Fiction
6-11 Prince Dobablob Builds a Zeppelin
Chapters 7 & 8
by Stacy Winnick
Poems
5 Trick or Treat Fright
23 Santa’s Secrets
Photos (Full Page)
4-5 Frankenmoses
14-15 Thanksgiving Koa and Koala
22-23 Parker and Petunia’s Gifts
by Kim Zier
24 Christmas Kevin
Keela’s Reviews
19 The Mouse Writer
by Ethan Johnson
Special Extras
25-26 2022 Calendar
Front cover photo: Trey
Back cover photo: Christmas Carrie
(Both by Mil Scott)
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Volume 12 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2021
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
7 Clara’s Corner
10-13 Artist Profile: Lucia Heffernan
13 A Trail of Crumbs
16-17 The Magic of Snoot
24-25 Rat Lady: Rewind
Meeting Moe, Part 2 and
T h e B e n e fi t s o f T u r m e r i c
Fiction
8-9 The Return of Row and Rifflerat
Chapter 7
18-21 Prince Dobalob Builds A
Zeppelin – Chapters 5 & 6
by Stacy Winnick
Poems
15 Two True
Photos (Full Page)
4-6 Sadie’s 5th Birthday Celebration
14-15 Naked Girls —
With and Without Hair
2 3 St. Pat’s Bear
Keela’s Reviews
26 Hamster Princess: Harriet the
Invincible by Ursula Vernon
Front cover photo: The Incredible Sadie
by Kevin Grazier
Back cover photo: Birthday Moses
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Volume 11 Issue 4
4th Qtr. 2020
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 Clara’s Corner
12-13 A Different Kind of Secret Service
14 Howdy Pilgrim
16-19 The Incredible Sadie: Part 4
by Kevin R. Grazier
20-21 Rat Lady: Rewind
M e e t i n g M o e
Fiction
8-11 Prince Dobablob Builds a Zeppelin
Chapters 3 & 4
by Stacy Winnick
Poems
23 The Magic of Mistletoe
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Halloween Bean
by Sarah Hunt
15 Thanksgiving Reese
22-23 Christmas Templeton
by Kim Zier
24 Rahab, Tamar and
Bathsheba
Keela’s Reviews
19 If You Take A Mouse To The Movies
by Laura Numeroff
Special Extras
25-26 2021 Calendar
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Volume 11 Issue 3
3rd Qtr. 2020
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 Clara’s Corner
6-9 Artist Profile: Sarah Hunt
10-12 The Incredible Sadie: Afterword
by Kevin R. Grazier
24-25 Rat Lady: Rewind
A Tropical Boost
26 They Sent Me a Rat; The Other
Angels Were Busy…
Fiction
16-21 Prince Dobalob Builds a Zeppelin
Chapters 1 & 2
by Stacy Winnick
Poems
15 Big Boy, Benson
22 Reflections of a Rat
Photos (Full Page)
14-15 Benson
22-23 Lucy
Keela’s Reviews
21 Emmy and the Incredible
Shrinking Rat
by Lynne Jonnell
Special Extras
13 A Trail of Crumbs—following up on
prior TRRQ topics
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Volume 11 Issue 2
2nd Qtr. 2020
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 Clara’s Corner
8-10 The Easter Bunnies
12-13 RATS—History, Legends and Lore
Part 3
16-22 Incredible Sadie: Part 3
(conclusion) by Kevin R. Grazier
24-25 Rat Lady: Rewind
The Great Pointed Archer Society
Part 2 (Conclusion)
26 A Simple Spring Suggestion
Fiction
Oops! — no room this time around…
Watch for Row, Rifflerat — and even
more fiction to return in the next
issue!!!
Poems
6 Easter Everyone
14 For Mom
23 Dad’s Daycare Debut
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Easter Estelle
14-15 Bathsheba
23 Duncan and his kids
Keela’s Reviews
11 Prince Dobalob Builds a Zeppelin
by Stacy Winnick
Special Extras
5 A Trail of Crumbs—following up on
prior TRRQ topics
Front cover photo: Sadie by Kevin Grazier
Back cover photo: Moses (by Mil Scott)
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Volume 11 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2020
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
5-7 Clara’s Corner
8-9 Year of the Rat
by Sharon Winters
10-12 Artist Profile: Drusilla Kehl
13 Treasures Fit For a Museum
16-20 The Incredible Sadie: Part 2
by Kevin R. Grazier
24-25 Rat Lady: Rewind
The Great Pointed Archer Society
P a r t 1
Fiction
21-22The Return of Row and Rifflerat
Chapter 6
Poems
15 An Irresistible Treat
Photos (Full Page)
4 Huggable Reese
14-15 Parker and Petunia w/cupcake
by Kim Zier
2 2 – 23 Pot o’ Rattie Gold
Keela’s Reviews
26 The Rat Prince by Bridget Hodder
Special Extras
2 15 Years of Insane Rat Love
13 Special Gifts for The Year of the Rat
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Volume 10 Issue 2
2nd-4th Qtr. 2019
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 Clara’s Corner
8-11 Artist Profile: Dean Griffiths
16-19 The Incredible Sadie, Part 1
by Kevin R. Grazier
20-21 Rat Lady: Rewind
Three Fun Projects
Fiction
12-13The Return of Row and Rifflerat
Chapter 5
Poems
14 Grateful Girls
22 Santa, Is That You?
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Halloween Cherry
14-15 Thanksgiving JoJo, Pepper,
Minnie and Tesla
22-23 Christmas Parker and Petunia
by Kim Zier
24 Birch
Keela’s Reviews
11 Oh, Rats! By Tor Seidler
19 The Stowaways by Meghan Merentette
Special Extras
25-26 2020 Calendar
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Volume 10 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2019
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
6-7 Clara’s Corner
8-11 Artist Interview: Diane Özdamar
Part 2
12-13 Art-full Celebrations of Squirrel
Appreciation and Groundhog Days
16-17 RATS—History, Legends and Lore
Part 2
18-19 A Look at (Conservationist &
Writer) Thornton Burgess
24-25: The Rat Lady: Rewind
“Book Review: Rats for Those Who
Care, ” by Debbie Ducommun, from a
1996 edition of The Rat Report
Fiction
20-21 Book In Progress (continuing
serial)
The Return of Row and Rifflerat
Chapter 4
Poems
5 Petunia’s Winter Wonderland
26 An Old Irish (Rat) Blessing
Photos (Full Page)
4-5 Petunia and Parker (Snow scene)
14-15 Walt Curlee’s Art
22 Parker and Petunia’s Valentine by Kim Zier
26 Bathsheba Celebrates St.Patrick’s Day
Keela’s Reviews
23 Abel’s Island
by William Steig
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Volume 9 Issue 2
2nd-4th Qtr. 2018
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 We All Have a Few Phobias
10-13 Artist Interview: Diane Özdamar
Part 1
16-17 Kami’s Big Ad-vet-ure (with
Pepper)
18-19 Clara’s Corner
20-21 “Pests,” Pets and a Study in
S m a r t s
Fiction
8-9 The Return of Row and Rifflerat
Chapter 3
Poems
6 A Rat by Any Other Name
22 Heaven Scent
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Rat-Moses
14-15 Thanksgiving Kami
22-23 Norbert, Templeton and
Stewart Liddoh by Kim Zier
24 Hubert
Keela’s Reviews
9 Muppet Babies (2018 TV Series)
Special Extras
25-26 2019 Calendar
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Volume 9 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2018
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 Clara’s Corner
8-11 Artist Profile: Karen Romine
12-13 RATS—History, Legends and Lore
Part 1
16-19 The (tiny but) Grand Gerbil
20-25 The Rat Lady: A Tribute to
Debbie Ducommun
Fiction
Book In Progress (continuing serial)
The Return of Row and Rifflerat will
return in the next issue!
Poems
7 Forest Friends
25 The Rat Lady
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Woodland Finch and Fudd
14 Fancy Mice, Isla and Isleen
15 Irish Lasses, Gracie and Ginger
Keela’s Reviews
26 Adopting Adele
and
A Rat’s Guide to Owning a Human
by Heather Leughmyer
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Volume 8 Issue 2
2nd-4th Qtr. 2017
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
4-7 Author Profile: Sonya Reasor
16-18 Love is a Many Species Thing
20-21 Clara’s Corner
Fiction
10-11 The Return of Row and Rifflerat
Chapter 2
11-13 Fig Bars for Breakfast
by Glenna Blomquist
Poems
9 You Can’t See Me!
14 G-Ratitude
22 First Snow
Photos (Full Page)
8-9 Dino-Moses
14-15 Tycho and Kepler
22-23 Parker and Petunia by Kim Zier
24 Tycho and Kepler
Keela’s Reviews
19 I Can Explain Everything:
Confessions of a Pet Capybara
by Dobby the Capybara
and Stacy Winnick
Special Extras
25-26 2018 Calendar
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Volume 8 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2017
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 Clara’s Corner
12-13 Of Mania and Madvice
14-17 Artist Profile: Kim Zier
18-21 All Because of Bluster
24-25 Operation Roger—
Helping Rescue Roll On
Fiction
8-10 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
The Return of Row and Rifflerat —
Chapter 1
Poems
6 Winter Warmth
11 A Dickens of a Frienship
23 Rickman’s Limericks of Love
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Barcus and Benson
10-11 Maude and Mr. Bean
22-23 Rickman and Ginger
Keela’s Reviews
26 The Secret of the Doolittle Device
by Judy Cox
Special Extra
25 A Review of Runtie the Desert Rat
by Sharon Winters
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Volume 7 Issue 2
2nd-4th Qtr. 2016
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
4-7 Author Profile: Steph Laberis
13 The Rewards of Rescue
16-18 P-E-T Spells More Than
D-O-G (or C-A-T)
20-21 Clara’s Corner
Fiction
10-12 Short Story, “Homecoming”
Part 3 (Conclusion)
Poems
9 Hide and Seek
15 A Fine Feast
23 Wisdom, Wit and Wonder
Photos (Full Page)
8-9 Dorian Gray by Kim Zier
14-15 Bluster
22-23 Norbert by Kim Zier
24 Maude
Keela’s Reviews
17 Time to Smell the Roses
by Michael Hoeye
Special Extras
7 A Revisiting of RatPak
18 Introducing Hubert
25-26 2017 Calendar
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Volume 7 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2016
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 Clara’s Corner
8-11 Artist Profile: Nuance
16 Guinea Pig Ponderings
18-19 Kevin Grazier and the Science
of Rat Love
22-23 From the Curious Incident of
the West Side Highway to
the Boards of Broadway:
The Rise of Rose
23 A Trail of Crumbs — Following up
on Prior Topics in TRRQ
26 The Mystery of Marta
Fiction
12-15 Short Story, “Homecoming”
Part 2
Poems
6 A Groundhog Prepares
24 The Easter Rat
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Bevin and Maude
17 Valentine Magnum
20 Irish Ruby
24-25 Easter Finch
Keela’s Reviews
21 Malcolm Under the Stars
by W.H. Beck
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Volume 6 Issue 2
2nd-4th Qtr. 2015
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 Clara’s Corner
6 New Jersey Ratfest—A Day of Rats,
Revelry — and Rain!
13 From Rat Love to RatPak
16-17 Artist Profile: Ellen van Deelen
18-19 The West Side Highway Rats
A Tale of Angels, Heroes — and Villains
20-22 A Chance to Meet More
Rodent Reader Readers
Fiction
10-12 Short Story, “Homecoming”
Part 1
Poems
7 NJ Ratfest 2015
8 A Modern Day Triceratops
15 A World of Thanks
25 The Sweetest Candy Cane
Photos (Full Page)
8-9 Triceratops Bessie
14-15 Thanksgiving—Duncan Scott, III
24-25 Christmas Finch
Keela’s Reviews
23 No Time Like Show Time
by Michael Hoeye
Special Extra
26 2016 Calendar
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Volume 6 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2015
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 First (Rat) Love: Molly
8-9 Author Profile: Michael Hoeye
16-18 When It Comes to Marty Mouse, the heART Overflows
20-21 A Whole New World
24-25 Clara’s Corner
Fiction
10-13 Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View Chapter 18 (the conclusion)
Poems
7 A Most Huggable Gent
22 An Irish Blessing
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Birch (w/Lucy)
14-15 Marta
22-23 Edison
Keela’s Reviews
19 The Case of the Purloined Professor by Judy Cox
Special Extras
26 The Beauty of Sharing (and Surprises)
26 A Trail of Crumbs — following up on prior TRRQ topics
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Volume 5 Issue 2
4th Qtr. 2014
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 Clara’s Corner—Springtime
8-9 Every Season Brings Reasons
for Rescue
10-11 Artist Profile: Rat Actor, Toby
12-13 So, Who are The Rodent
Reader’s Readers?
16-20 More Marty Mouse:
expressions from the heART
22 FAREWELLCOME
Poems
7 A Quick Look at Friendship
14 Food for Thanksgiving Thought
25 A Year-Long Season
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Maude, Lucy and Donald
14-15 Autumn Bane Brasington
24-25 Santa’s Helpers (Benson,
Birch, and brothers, Spencer
and Campbell)
Keela’s Reviews
23 Lords of Trillium
by Hilary Wagner
Special Extras
21 A Reader’s Suggestion:
Socializing Rats
21 Wiggles: The Saga of a
Special Starling
27 2015 Calendar
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Volume 5 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2014
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 Rewards of Rescue
8-10 Author Profile: Richard Peck
(plus illustrator Kelly Murphy)
11 Veterinary Spotlight: Rat Bite Fever
18-19 Marty Mouse: International Rat
of (Little) Mystery
20-21 A Plethora of Porcupines
22-23 Clara’s Corner
26 A Nervous Night
Fiction
12-13 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 17
Poems
7 Mr. Darcy’s Lullaby
24 Wearin’ o’ the Green
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Darcy
14-15 Birthday Duncan
24-25 Penelope and Turtle
Keela’s Reviews
17 The Mouse with the Question
Mark Tail
by Richard Peck
Special Extra
16 A Tribute to a TRRQ friend:
Capybara Ambassador, Garibaldi Rous
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Volume 4 Issue 4
4th Qtr. 2013
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 An Expression of gRATitude
8-9 Artist Profile: Beatrix Potter
13 An Experiment in Play
16 Veterinary Spotlight: Itching to
Solve Skin Problems
18-21 Super Rodents: Squirrels
22-23 Clara’s Christmas Corner
Fiction
10-12 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 16
Poems
7 Fall Football Fun
14 Meeting Santa
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Rowan
14-15 Wink (guinea pig) and Darcy (rat)
24 Duncan
Keela’s Reviews
17 Kid Sister
by Margaret Embry
Special Extra
25-26 2014 Calendar
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Volume 4 Issue 3
3rd Qtr. 2013
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
4-7 Miniature Masterpieces
7-8 Veterinary Spotlight:
Raising Orphans
10-13 Artist Profile:
Photographer, Rob Fay
20-21 Clara’s Corner — Serious Sleep
24-26 The Humble Hamster
Fiction
16-18 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 15
Poems
9 Home Sweet Home
25 Common Denominators
Photos (Full Page)
8-9 Lionel
14-15 Tyke (by Rob Fay)
22-23 Lionel and Maude
Keela’s Reviews
19 Mean Margaret
by Tor Seidler
Special Extra
15 Is it live or is it Memorex?
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Volume 4 Issue 2
2nd Qtr. 2013
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 New Faces, New Friends
…Plus Perseus
8-10 Artist Profile: W.H. Beck
(plus a bit more about Brian Lies)
14 Veterinary Spotlight: Surgery
21 Teen Rat Trainer/Artist
Abby Roeser
22-23 The Small But Mighty Mouse
26 A Trail of Crumbs — Following Up
On Prior TRRQ Subjects
Fiction
11-13 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 14
Poems
17 Black and White and Red All Over
25 A Mouse Called Miana
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Happy Mom’s Day (Every Day)
16-17 Oreo
24-25 Mouse Miana (by Jana Bechtel)
Keela’s Reviews
15 The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
(in the context of Malcolm at Midnight
by W.H. Beck, with illustrations by Brian Lies)
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Volume 4 Issue 1
1st Qtr. 2013
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 Clara’s Corner: Winter Slumber —
and Groundhog Day!
8-9 Artist Profile: Brian Lies
16-17 Veterinary Spotlight: The Better
to See You With, My Dear — A Look
at Rat Vision and Eye Conditions
18-21 Darling Degus
22 Odd-Eyed Adorables
26 PETA, Pet Shops, Pet Lovers and
Pet Peeves
Fiction
10-13 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 13
Poems
6 The Patience of a Saint
15 Free At Last
25 The Rat in the Hat
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Valentine Stanley
14 Red
25 Rain and Company
Keela’s Reviews
23 The Sands of Time
by Michael Hoeye
Special Extra
13 Introducing Duncan
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Volume 3 Issue 4
Oct./Nov./Dec. 2012
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 Babies
8-9 Artist Profile: Mitch Griffiths
16-17 Veterinary Spotlight :
The Trouble With Teeth
18-20 The Beauty of BATS
22-23 Clara’s Corner: Happy Holidays
Fiction
10-13 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 12
Poems
7 Girls Night Out
14 Giving Thanks
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Trick-or-Treat Freya
14-15 Thanksgiving Noah
25 Christmas Edison
Keela’s Reviews
21 Stellaluna by Jannell Cannon
Special Extras
13 The Snake Tank Redemption, Part 3
25-26 2013 Calendar (to save and use!)
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Volume 3 Issue 3
July/Aug./Sept. 2012
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 Abandoned In Between
8-9 Artist Profile: Blek le Rat
16-17 Every Rat’s Favorite Subject —
Food! (A Look at Rat Nutrition)
18-20 Prairie Dogs
22-23 Clara’s Corner: Becoming a
Big Sister
26 A Tale of Six-Pence — or Pen’s Six
Fiction
10-13 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 11
Poems
6 Follicle Folly
14 Bree-zing By
25 Scary Crazy Fun
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Lovely Lydia
14-15 Bree Plays Dress Up
24-25 Baby Boys
Keela’s Reviews
21 The White Assassin
by Hilary Wagner
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Volume 3 Issue 2
April/May/June 2012
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 Fir Baby’s Great Escape
8-9 Artist Profiles: A Potpour-
Make That Ratpourri (Vincent
van Gogh and Sondra Berk)
16-17 The New Arrivals of Spring
18-21 Rat Intelligence
22-23 Clara’s Corner — A Birthday…
and a Surprise
Fiction
10-13 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 10
Poems
6 Reba’s Secret
15 A Precious Gem
25 Father of the Year
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Easter Reba
15 Ruby to the Rescue
25 Gentleman Joah
Keela’s Reviews
26 Time Stops for No Mouse
by Michael Hoeye
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Volume 3 Issue 1
Jan./Feb./Mar. 2012
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 Happy Chinese New Year
8-9 Because Art Lives Forever —
A Tribute to Manon Cleary
16-17 A Rat Who Loves to Eat Dishes
on the (well, perhaps, maybe
possible) Benefits of Exercise
18-19 Clara’s Corner: Groundhog Day,
Valentine’s Day and More
20 Researching Rescue
22-23 How Wild is This?
26 The Snake Tank Redemption: Part 2
Fiction
10-13 Book In Progress
(continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 9
Poems
6 Fun With Friends
15 Love
25 A Wee Trick by an Irish Lass
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Spuds (rat) and Easter (guinea pig)
14 Valentine Oreo
25 Molly Jane Bond Emerick
Keela’s Reviews
21 Third Grade Pet by Judy Cox
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Volume 2 Issue 4
Oct./Nov./Dec. 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 It’s a Small World After All
8-9 Writer Profile: Judy Cox
16-17 Veterinary Spotlight: Mammary Tumors in Rats: Holistic Options
18-19 Clara’s Corner — A Groundhog Grows Up
20-22 A Spirit of Harmony (interspecies friendships)
26 Now, THAT Takes the Cake!
Fiction
10-13 Book In Progress (continuing serial) Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View – Chapter 8
Poems
7 Waterfalls of Wonder
15 Thanksgiving
24 A Season of Secrets
Photos (Full Page)
6-7 Rex and Gizmo
14-15 Thanksgiving Spruce
24-25 Sugar and Marshmallow
Special Extras
27 Dedication
Keela’s Reviews
23 The Mystery of the Burmese Bandicoot ( by Judy Cox)
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Volume 2 Issue 3
July/Aug./Sept. 2011
Print Edition of this issue is currently sold out! Email to purchase a PDF version.
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
4-7 Wild Rats: Dangerous Strangers
Or Peace-Seeking Neighbors
14-15 The Tail (or Tails) of Reba:
A Story of Boys, Girls and a
Matter of Common Sense
18-19 Artist Profile: Banksy
20-23 The Capybara — The World’s
Largest Guinea Pig (Well-sort of)
Fiction
10-13 Book In Progress (continuing serial)
Mailbox Molly: A Rat’s Eye View –
Chapter 7
Poems
8 Luau Love
15 Reba, The Renaissance Rat
Photos (Full Page)
8-9 Oscar (and Snap)
16-17 Reba
24-25 Dufresne
Special Extras
7 A Very Special Thank You
24 The Snake Tank Redemption
Keela’s Reviews
26 Celeste and the Giant Hamster
(by Melanie Typaldos)
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Volume 2 Issue 2
April/May/June 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 Hey — I’m Talking Here 8-8 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 Motocycle (by Beverly Cleary)
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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)
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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)
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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
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Volume 1 Issue 2
April/May/June 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 LambAttacks?
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
3 Gully’s Travels
Special Extras
4 Reader Letters
22 A Past Lovingly Remembered — and Growing into the Future
27 Dedication
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Jan./Feb./March 2010
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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 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
