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The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

by Beverly Cleary

Series: Ralph S. Mouse (1)

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Ralph lived in a hotel and he always saw very interesting people. When a young boy checks into the hotel and he has many different toy cars and motorcycles. All Ralph wants to do is ride in all of them. Ralph rode the motorcycle one day and he fell into the trash can. His journey is both funny and adventurous. ( )
  clshelkoff | Nov 23, 2009 |
Ralph is a mouse, living in a hotel with his family. He becomes friends with a guest and the young boy understands Ralph. Ralph learns to ride a motorcycle. Growing up means learning life's lessons for both mouse and boy as Ralph goes hunting for an aspirin for a sick boy. ( )
  JGarner | Sep 15, 2009 |
I had not read this book in bout 20 some years , i picked it up at the library to ready to my lil girl at night before bed, we both really enjoyed it.
This book is about a mouse named Ralph befriending a boy named Keith after he takes a ride on Keith's toy motorcycle and ends up int he metal waste paper basket. It goes on to losing the motorcycle, and helping the boy ... it's a great read .. we are getting book two at the library next week. ( )
  dbhutch | Sep 3, 2009 |
860L,GRL O,GL 4.1,24 copies
  Totarobookroom | Jul 25, 2009 |
860L,GRL O,GL 4.1,24 copies
  Totarobookroom | Jul 24, 2009 |
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Keith, the boy in the rumpled shorts & shirt, did not know he was being watched as he entered room 215 of the Mountain View Inn.
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0380709244, Paperback)

"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

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400)

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