![]() ![]() ![]() Thus begins a great friendship and many awesome adventures. ![]() Keith rescues Ralph and teaches him how to ride the bike. Luckily, Keith, the owner of the motorcycle, returns to find his toy. Ralph is a medium-sized mouse who lives in the Mountain View Inn. The ringing telephone startles Ralph, and he and the motorcycle take a terrible fall – right to the bottom of a metal wastebasket. The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a marvelously imaginative story delivered with just the right blend of adventure and fun. ![]() The description from the publisher reads, “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. I think Gina put it best here when she pointed out that the current crop of small pet-like heroes (Sasspants, Humphrey, Freddy, etc.) owe this little guy a huge debt. And for a book that has fans, albeit quiet ones. We’re only into our second round of chapter book reveals and already Beverly Cleary has made another appearance (her first being Ramona and Her Father at #94). The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a childrens novel written by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling and published in 1965. The classic! The current popular Humphrey books (about the classroom hamster) could never be without Ralph and his motorcycle. #89 The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (1967) The Mouse and the Motorcycle - Beverly Cleary In this imaginative adventure from Newbery Medalwinning author Beverly Cleary, a young mouse named Ralph is thrown into a world of excitement when a boy and his shiny toy motorcycle check in to the Mountain View Inn. ![]()
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