Children story book 'The Mouse and the Motorcycle' is written by Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers which consists of 176 pages.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Inside this
children story book, readers will find thirteen interesting stories to read to
read from and the titles are, the new guests, the motorcycle, trapped, Keith,
adventure in night, a peanut butter sandwich, the vacuum cleaner, a family
reunion, ralph takes command, an anxious night, the search, an errand of mercy,
and a subject for composition.
Little boy
Keith clad in wrinkled shorts and shirt along with his parents staying in one
of oldest hotel situated in the California foothills named Mountain View Inn.
came closer to open a window suddenly sixty year old bellboy Matt appeared. At
first, Keith thought he was being watched but the bellboy was leaving Room 215 after
fixing old stuff.
At the time
of exit, bellboy informed Mr. and Ms. Gridley them that could now shift in
their requested room 216 which is located at corner, had twin beds and a
private bath too.
At the
moment, they were in mood to shift but thinking of leaving this hotel and Mr.
Gridley who drove the car, looked exhausted, reached Mountain View Inn. after
covering long distance on weekend amidst heavy traffic, decided to continue
stay. But on hearing this, Ms. Gridley argued that this hotel was too old,
urged him to travel to San Francisco for the sake of their son Keith who fond
of sightseeing.
Recalling
the rich history of this fifty year old hotel, people travel in horses and
buggies in olden times to stay, still most favorite destination for peaceful
environment seekers, bellboy insisted them to reconsider their decision.
Bellboy
further told them that besides calm there is a facility of playing ping pong
game, croquet set available in the back lawn for game and fun seekers and in
addition to this they can visit in the lobby to watch favorite program on
TV.
Despite all
of this attractive and charming facilities this hotel had one problem and that
was on mice and the same was spoken by Mr. Gridley to the bellboy and his
complaint was taken seriously.
Keith
mischievous child who was seeking for an adventure and to experience new
things, looking here and there around the room, sometimes opened the bedroom
window silently, sneaked inside bed, opened both hot and cold tap water of
washbasin. He even couldn’t stayed away from poking his finger into the hole to
find something interesting.
There were
also the toys in his suitcase so Keith opened it and began playing with many
small cars which included an ambulance, sedan, sports car and most significant
motorcycle in vibrant red color toy. While Keith was busy in running of his
small cars from one end to another, had to leave while between playing when his
mother Ms. Gridley called him.
Now the
twist of the story starts when the mouse named Ralph, decides to take a ride on
red motorcycle toy in absence of Keith. When he rode, Ralph ridded motorcycle
into every corner of room where it was difficult for Keith to reach. The
hilarious and adventurous cat and mouse game started between the Keith and
escaping Ralph.
To read a
full and other stories grab this book if you want to give kids the opportunity
to improve their reading skills.
'The Mouse
and the Motorcycle: Ralph will take the ride of his life!' suitable for kids
aged 5 - 9 and may be bought from any click and mortar store.
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