Instruct: Given a question, retrieve documents that can help answer the question.
Query: When was the book The Secret of NIMH first published?
A children's novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"
by Robert C. O'Brien, published in 1971, features a society of intelligent rats that had presumably escaped from a laboratory at NIMH. The novel was later adapted into a critically acclaimed animated feature film entitled "The Secret of NIMH" by animator and director Don Bluth. The book was followed by a sequel in 1986, "Racso and the Rats of NIMH".
Bluth himself would later make several changes to the story, most notably with the addition of mystical elements not present in the original novel. He explained "Regarding magic, we really believe that animation calls for some magic, to give it a special 'fantastic' quality." This was most apparent in the magic amulet given to Mrs. Brisby, which was meant to be a visual representation of her character's internal power; something harder to show on film. The object was also meant to introduce a spiritual aspect to the plot, with the director remarking, "The stone or amulet is just a method of letting the audience know that Mrs. Brisby has found 'Courage of the Heart'. Magic? Maybe. Spiritual? Yes." In the same vein, Nicodemus was made into a wizard to "create more mystery" about himself and the rats' colony. The antagonist Jenner was given much more prominence in the movie, being only mentioned as a traitor who leaves in the book, to "add drama" to the narrative by giving it a more visible enemy. Justin also now succeeds Nicodemus as the leader of the rats to give his character more of an arc, and allow him an opportunity to "grow and change." Unlike the original work, Justin does not rescue Mrs. Brisby from the cage at the Fitzgibbons' house, and she now helps her children without the rats' assistance by using the amulet; once again giving focus to her personal story. As Bluth put it, ""The Secret of NIMH" is really a story about Mrs. Brisby and her need to save her children. If the rats save her children, then she hasn't grown in the film."
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In 1982, "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" became the basis for the animated film "The Secret of NIMH", directed by Don Bluth. In 1998, a film sequel to "The Secret of NIMH", called "" was released. The sequel has no connection to Jane Leslie Conly's sequel, "Racso and the Rats of NIMH", but did have a connection with Mrs. Frisby (the story about the six missing mice). It is recently announced that a live-action/animated reboot is in development.
Her first own book, "Racso and the Rats of NIMH", was published in 1986, and is a sequel to her father's "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH". She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1966 and from Smith College in 1971. Her "Crazy Lady!" won the Newbery Honor. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her family: Peter, her husband; Eliza, her daughter; and Will, her son.
Before they started making "Banjo", artist and story writer Ken Anderson had been getting into "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH", which he called "a wonderful story". He gave the book to Bluth for him to read and make a film out of after Bluth finished the animation direction of "Pete's Dragon". Bluth later showed "NIMH" to Disney animation director Wolfgang Reitherman, who turned down Bluth's offers to make a movie based on the book, stating, "We've already got a mouse [named Mickey Mouse,] and we've done a mouse movie [called "The Rescuers"]." However, Bluth also presented the novel to the other staff that would work for Don Bluth Productions later on, and they all loved it. Two months later, former Disney executive James L. Stewart, who now had started Aurora Productions, called Goldman and told him about Anderson's idea of making a film based on "NIMH". At Bluth, Goldman and Pomeroy's request, Aurora Productions acquired the film rights and offered Don Bluth Productions a budget of US$5.7 million and 30 months to complete the film, tighter in both budget and schedule than most Disney animated features at the time.
In 1982, the animated film "The Secret of NIMH" was released, directed by Don Bluth. The film adds a mystical element completely absent from the novel, with Nicodemus portrayed as a wise, bearded old wizard with magic powers and an enchanted amulet, rather than an equal of the other rats. The character of Jenner is made a villain who is still present with the rats, rather than having left them before the story begins. The crow Jeremy has much greater prominence as comic relief in the film than he has in the book. Additionally, the Frisby family name was changed to "Brisby" to avoid trademark infringement with the Frisbee.