The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is a children's fantasy by Terry Pratchett, published by Doubleday in 2001. It was the 28th novel in the Discworld series but the first written for children. The story is a new take on the German fairy tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin and a parody of the folk tale genre.

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

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