| This wonderful Mouse Box Set, by Beverly Cleary,
contains four books: The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Ralph S Mouse,
Runaway Ralph, and Strider.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Ralph only wanted to ride the mouse-sized motorcycle someone had
left on the table in the hotel room where Ralph lived. Instead,
both Ralph and the motorcycle take a terrible fall into the wastepaper
basket, where they are trapped until Keith, the owner of the motorcycle,
rescues them. Keith teaches Ralph to ride the motorcycle, and the
two of them soon find out that adventures can be both fun and dangerous!
Ralph S. Mouse
When Ralph's home at the Mountain View Inn is over-run by rowdy
mice who want to use his red motorcycle, he packs up his prized
machine and moves to a new home -- inside Irwin J. Sneed Elementary
School!
Runaway Ralph
Ralph has made up his mind -- he is going to run away. Envisioning
fun, freedom, and delicious crumbs from peanut-butter-and-jelly
sandwiches, he hops on his red bike and zooms away to the summer
camp down the road. Once he arrives, he runs headlong into a strict
watchdog, a mouse-hungry cat, and even more fur-raising escapades.
Suddenly home doesn't seem like a bad place to be.
Strider
In the sequel to the Newbery winner Dear Mr. Henshaw, Leigh Botts
is down in the dumps. His parents have divorced and his dog has
run away, and it doesn't look as if things could get any worse.
But Leigh's life takes a turn for the better when he adopts a stray
dog named Strider.
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"One might know that if Beverly Cleary
were to invent a mouse, it would be a down-to-earth, boyish
mouse with a proclivity for getting into scrapes. A good story!"
-- Chicago Tribune
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
"Cleary again successfully combines fantasy and reality."
-- Booklist
Runaway Ralph
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