| The Mouse and the Motorcycle |  | Author: Beverly Cleary
Creator: Tracy Dockray
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
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Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 14,799
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0380709244
EAN: 9780380709243
ASIN: 0380709244
Publication Date: September 1, 1990
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Amazon.com Review
"Pb-pb-b-b-b. Pb-pb-b-b-b." With these magic vocables, Ralph the mouse revs up a dream come true--his very own motorcycle. Living in a knothole in a hotel room, young Ralph has seen plenty of families come and go, some more generous with their crumbs than others. But when young Keith and his parents check in to the hotel, Ralph gets his first chance to check out. He has always fantasized about venturing beyond the second floor, maybe even outside. Curiosity overcomes caution, and Ralph must have a go at Keith's toy motorcycle. Soon, the headstrong mouse finds himself in a pickle, when all he wanted was to ride a motorcycle. Lucky for him, the boy understands how it is. When he discovers Ralph in his thwarted attempt to abscond with the toy bike, Keith generously encourages the rodent to ride. He even teaches him the simple trick of starting the motorcycle: "You have to make a noise... pb-pb-b-b-b." The subsequent situations Ralph motors into require quick thinking and grownup-sized courage. The team of Beverly Cleary and Louis Darling has been a great favorite for decades, introducing young chapter readers to Ramona, Beezus, Henry, and of course Ralph the mouse. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter
Product Description
"Boy!" said Ralph to himself, his whiskers quivering with excitement. "Boy, oh boy!" Feeling that this was an important moment in his life, he took hold of the handgrips. They felt good and solid beneath his paws. Yes, this motorcycle was a good machine all right. Ralph the mouse ventures out from behind the piney knothole in the wall of his hotel-room home, scrambles up the telephone wire to the end table, and climbs aboard the toy motorcycle left there by a young guest. His thrill ride does not last long. The ringing telephone startles Ralph, and he and the motorcycle take a terrible fall - right to the bottom of a metal wastebasket. Luckily, Keith, the owner of the motorcycle, returns to find his toy. Keith rescues Ralph and teaches him how to ride the bike. Thus begins a great friendship and many awesome adventures. Once a mouse can ride a motorcyle ... almost anything can happen!
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 4th Grade Student Reviews February 26, 2010
Mollie E. Gabrielson (South Dakota)
Ralph to the rescue!In the book Beveey cleary creates a lovable mouse to save the day for Keith. This crazy mouse rides Keith's motorcycle all around the hotel and right into trouble. Believe it or not Keith is a little boy who becomes friends with the mouse. The book had lots of excitement and lots of adventure. ~N
I give this book 3 stars. This book is about a mouse named Ralph who gets a motorcycle from a boy named Keith. But then he drives into something all the same color. He did not know where he was going and he ends up in the in the basement he must ditch the motorcycle. Then Keith gets sick and Ralph must find a pill to save Keith. Keith asks Ralph to come home with him. I thought the story could have used more than one mouse as a main character but it was still a fun read. ~Mad Dad
I liked the book Mouse and the Motorcycle because it was funny. I liked the part when the maid was singing in front of the mirror it had me laughing. The maid also had a secret crush on the bus boy. My favorite part was when Ralph got the aspirin tablet to Keith and saved the day. I gave this book 5 stars. ~Stardust
Beverly Cleary has done it again with another great book for me to read. I would recomend this book to anyone because it is funny. When Ralph went wh-e-e wh-e-e that moved the ambulance and phpbbbb that moved the motorcycle but I can't tell you any more of the book you have to read the book and find out your self. ~Ray
Mouse and the Motorcycle is a great book for children of all ages. It has some funny parts and some sad parts in it. My favorite part is when Ralph finds an asprin. Mouse and the Motorcycle is about a boy that meets a mouse and he finds out that he can talk. I think this is a great book. ~Arnold Snortzagnator
My 8-year-old son says "This book is one of the best book that I've read!" October 1, 2009
David Pinkus (Scottsdale, AZ)
I'm showing my son how reviews on Amazon work, and he was very excited to comment on this book:
"It's good for a person of any age, and it is very imaginative. It's fun and funny."
Great books for kids. September 3, 2009
M. Small (Nevada)
I remember reading these books when I was a kid. I bought them for my grandson to enjoy as well. He likes them and is enjoying them, as I suspected he would. I reccomend these adventures for every child to read. Its good clean fun. The price is right too, unlike some of the trendy books.
Engaging the Young Reader of Spanish August 29, 2009
R. Scott (KANSAS)
My wife has been teaching our boy, 6 years old, to
read and write (but mostly to read) Spanish, which
is her first language. It is tough to keep a native
language alive in an English-dominant environment,
and it takes desire and perseverance. They have a
Spanish study session of about an hour or so every
weekday in the afternoon at home. For part of the
time, he reads out loud from books in Spanish for
little children (pre-school), and for another
part--and at bedtime--she reads to him from
more advanced texts. She has tried Harry Potter
in Spanish, but he doesn't get into that just
yet. However, the Spanish translation of The
Mouse and the Motorcycle was a real hit. My
boy didn't want her to stop reading, because
of course at the end of each chapter there is
a "cliffhanger" situation still to be resolved.
This book has engaged the interest of our son,
and played an important role in his development
of his Spanish language literacy. I highly
recommend this title.
great service May 22, 2009
Priscilla Roura
I received the book in less than 4 days. They book was brand new. With all the school bugets being cut, my son's teacher didn't have enough books for all the kids for the assigned reading. So I got my son the book to use and we will be donating it to the school. He's almost done with it. He seems to love the book!
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