The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

For the 2022 film based on the novel, see The Amazing Maurice.
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
United Kingdom first edition
AuthorTerry Pratchett
Cover artistDavid Wyatt
LanguageEnglish
Series
GenreFantasy
PublisherDoubleday (UK)
HarperCollins (US)
Publication date
1 November 2001
AwardsWinner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal
ISBN0-385-60123-9 (hardcover)
Preceded byThe Last Hero 
Followed byNight Watch 

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents is a children's fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, published by Doubleday in 2001. It is the twenty-eighth novel in the Discworld series and the first written for children. The story is a new take on the German fairy tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin[1] and a parody of the folk tale genre.[2]

Pratchett won the annual Carnegie Medal from the British librarians, recognising the year's best children's book published in the U.K.[2] It was his first major award.[1]

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