Review: The Mouse and the Motorcycle

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bedtime Reading stream: September 23, 2020 -- September 30, 2020

Of course we loved the Beverly Cleary books. However, the main reason I chose this one was in honor of the household mice I recently released into the wild. One of them was nicknamed "Runaway Ralph."

The premise of this story is that toy motorcycles run on the noise you make when you play with them.  Oh, and also that mice can talk, if only you know how to hear them.  A boy travelling with his family stop at a run-down hotel, where he meets a young mouse who dreams of the open road. 

Like most of the books I chose in the early days of this stream, this one is aimed at younger readers.  Not quite as funny as some of the Ramona books, but still a good experience.

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