The Mouse and the Motorcycle

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

1965 • 224 pages

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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3 primary books

#1 in Ralph S. Mouse

Ralph S. Mouse is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1923 with contributions by Beverly Cleary.

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The Mouse and the Motorcycle
#2
Runaway Ralph
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Ralph S. Mouse

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