

Loading... Stuart Little (1945)by E. B. White
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» 32 more 1940s (15) Elevenses (179) CCE 1000 Good Books List (183) Children's Fantasy (52) the dog was the hero (24) Book Talks 9/13/17 (19) 4th Grade Books (18) Books Read in 2021 (3,539) Best Family Stories (67) Best middle grade books (120) No current Talk conversations about this book. This could be a first edition. After we finished Mr. Popper's Penguins, I thought to read Stuart Little to my grandson. He wasn't getting into it, so we switched to Charlotte's Web. But, I decided I wanted to finish up Stuart Little, and so I have. Stuart Little was born to a "normal" family, but he came out small and very mouse like. Still they loved him and Stuart thrived. At some point they took in a bird named Margalo. Then one day, Margalo disappeared and Stuart went off in search of her. He had a small motor car and decided to head north. I found it rather a cute little book. I'm not sure what it was that didn't capture Anderson's fancy. Why does a mouse have a gun?! I read this book because my mother was the musical director for this play at the Wilmington Drama League. She and I both wanted to see how it differed from the musical and it was rather spot on. Honestly, this book was a cute read, but I felt like it was rather rushed in the second half of the book and the ending wasn't well rounded. I feel like there could have been a lot more to this book. This is the story of a family whose child is, inexplicably, a mouse. He is almost murdered by a cat, and develops an unhealthy obsession with a bird. He also self sabotages a date with a woman who is two inches tall. The ending involves advice from a telephone repair man and includes a somewhat sudden cliffhanger. There are also an inordinate number of tiny boats involved, which always takes me out of the narrative. no reviews | add a review
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The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden. No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.52 — Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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