KEITH, the boy in the rumpled shorts and shirt, did not know he was being watched as he entered room 215 of the Mountain View Inn.
An edition of The Mouse and the Motorcycle
(1965)
Mouse and the Motorcycle
Morrow Eagle Library Edition (46)
by Beverly Cleary
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A young mouse named Ralph looked out of his mousehole in Room 215 of the Mountain View Inn. The New tenant of the room, a boy, was playing with a little motorcycle just the right size for a mouse. Ralph could hardly wait till the boy left the room. Hurriedly he scrambled up the telephone cord to the bedside table, where the motorcycle was parked. With growing excitement, Ralph mounted the handsome machine and grasped its handgrips. Suddenly the telephone rang, and the motorcycle with its rider rolled off the table into the metal wastebasket. Ralph was sure he was doomed to be thrown out with the trash. Instead, the mouse found an unexpected career as a motorcyclist opening up to him. Beverly Cleary's first excursion into fantasy is a real triumph in the world of children's books.
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle
2018, Harper
hardcover
in English
- Harper Classic edition 2017 (2)
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Mouse and the Motorcycle
2015, Harper
Hardcover
in English
- 2014 Reillustrated ed. (67)
0688216986 9780688216986
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The Mouse and The Motorcycle
2010, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback
in English
- 2006 Reillustrated ed. (1)
0062010018 9780062010018
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El ratoncito de la moto
2009, Rayo
Paperback
in Spanish
- 1st Rayo edition (11)
0060000570 9780060000578
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle
2000, Scholastic Inc.
Paperback
in English
- 1st Scholastic printing,
0590687336 9780590687331
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle
2000, Scholastic Inc.
Paperback
in English
- School Market edition
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Mouse and the Motorcycle
1995?, Morrow Junior Books
Library Binding
in English
- Morrow Eagle Library Edition (46)
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Table of Contents
The new guests --
The motorcycle --
Trapped! --
Keith --
Adventure in the night --
A peanut-butter sandwich --
The vacuum cleaner --
A family reunion --
Ralph takes command --
An anxious night --
The search --
An errand of mercy --
A subject for a composition.
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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 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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