The mouse and the motorcycle
Readers rate it 3.9 (115 on Hardcover)
158 pages · Released 1990 · Avon Books
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This classic children's novel is a charming adventure story about Ralph, a mouse who rides a toy motorcycle and forms friendships with a young human guest. The book emphasizes kindness, courage, and the value of friendship through Ralph's experiences seeking adventure and independence. It's an engaging read for early chapter-book readers with gentle humor and relatable themes of wanting to grow up and be accepted.
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independ... The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run-down hotel. The book was released as a selection of the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club (Intermediate Division) and won the William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1968.
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- transportation
- juvenile fiction
- readers
- chapter books
- animals
- mice
- humorous stories
- hotels
- People & Places
- social themes
- friendship
- Juvenile works
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ISBN 9780380709243 · Avon Books