Ralph S. Mouse

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In this third and final Ralph S. Mouse novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary, Ralph heads to school to see what humans do all day . . . and to discover what the "S" in Ralph S. Mouse stands for! 

With his rowdy cousins constantly wearing out his motorcycle and the Mountain View Inn manager threatening to take care of the mouse infestation once and for all, Ralph decides it's time to get away for a while. He convinces his human friend Ryan to take him along to school, where Ralph instantly becomes the center of attention.

But when Ryan's class decides to see how smart Ralph is by making him run a maze, the usually confident mouse starts to fret. What if he's not as clever as he thought?

Ralph S. Mouse is perfect for independent reading or for shared reading at home or in a classroom. This fun story is the third of a trilogy, along with The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Runaway Ralph, all inspired by the author's hope to create appealing books for boys and girls—and by the sight of her son playing with toy cars.

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Cleary, Beverly Author
Rogers, Jacqueline Illustrator
Wong, B.D. Narrator
ISBN
9780061972300
9780061373787

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Published Reviews

Horn Book Review

Beverly Cleary's three beloved books featuring the intrepid Ralph Mouse are updated with contemporary-looking black-and-white illustrations. [Review covers these titles: The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Ralph S. Mouse, and Runaway Ralph.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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Kirkus Book Review

Still ensconced at Mountain View Inn in Cucaracha, California, Cleary's endearing little talking mouse with the motorcycle finds himself the cause of trouble at the inn. First, his nighttime cycling sprees have drawn several envious little relatives to the inn's lobby, where they clamor for turns to ride and call Ralph ""greedy"" for refusing; he in turn shocks them and himself by calling them ""rotten little rodents."" What's more, the droppings from all those mice have got Ralph's handyman friend old Matt in trouble with the management, And so to escape his relatives and save Matt's job, Ralph talks his friend Ryan Bramble, the son of the inn's new housekeeper, into taking him off to live at his school. Fortunately, Ryan's teacher is the sympathetic, enlightened sort--so that when Ralph is discovered in Ryan's pocket she turns the occasion into a class project on mice. During Ralph's week at school, his beloved motorcycle is broken during a fight between Ryan and surly classmate Brad--but Ralph is ""speechless with joy"" when Brad gives him a sports car in its place. In the end, lonely Ryan and equally lonely Brad have become friends (""because of me,"" Ralph reflects with satisfaction); Ralph is proud ""because he had helped Miss K. educate her class""; and Ralph himself has learned enough from Miss K.'s classroom methods to manage his relatives' demands for rides in the new sports car. A little short, perhaps, on Cleary's under-the-skin empathy; but as usual the little things, down to Ralph's learning to say vroom-vroom-vroom, not pb-b-b, pb-b-b (the motorcycle noise), to start his car--and moorv (vroom backwards) to back it up, tune readers in to Ralph's experiences. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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