The Mouse and the Motorcycle
 1990 HarperTrophy paperback reissue | |
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Tracy Dockray |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Mouse and the Motorcycle |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | HarperTrophy |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 176 |
| ISBN | 0-380-70924-4 |
| OCLC | 22460783 |
| Followed by | Runaway Ralph |
The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965.
Plot summary
The story features a mouse named Ralph who lives in a somewhat run-down inn in a mountain resort area in California with many other mice from his extended family. Ralph interacts with a young boy named Keith, who gives Ralph a toy motorcycle. Keith teaches Ralph that in order to make the motorcycle go, he has only to make the same motorcycle sounds Keith makes while playing with it. Ralph is soon able to ride the motorcycle, which becomes his trademark until the end of the third book in the series. In the novel, Ralph helps to save Keith during an illness by delivering an aspirin to him. Keith is not seen again in the sequels of the story; Each book features a different boy as a new friend for Ralph.
He learns about many different things that are of interest to him, and, things which humans see on a daily basis such as aspirin, a vacuum cleaner,peanut butter and jelly sandwich and Guests.
Series
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1965)
- Runaway Ralph (1970)
- Ralph S. Mouse (1982)
Film adaptation
Churchill Films produced an adaptation of The Mouse and the Motorcycle directed by Ron Underwood in 1986. The film was distributed by Strand Home Video, ABC Video and Golden Book Video under the "GoldenVision" label.
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