The Mouse and the Motorcycle

infobox Book |
name = The Mouse and the Motorcycle


image_caption = 1990 HarperTrophy paperback reissue
author = Beverly Cleary
cover_artist = Tracy Dockray
country = United States
language = English
series = The Mouse and the Motorcycle
genre = Novel
publisher = HarperTrophy
release_date = 1965
media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
pages = 176
isbn = ISBN 0-380-70924-4
preceded_by =
followed_by = Runaway Ralph

"The Mouse and the Motorcycle" is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965.

Plot summary

The story features a mouse named Ralph who lives in a somewhat run-down inn in a mountain resort area in California with many other mice from his extended family. Ralph interacts with a young boy named Keith, who gives Ralph a toy motorcycle. Keith teaches Ralph that in order to make the motorcycle go, he has only to make the same motorcycle sounds Keith makes while playing with it. Ralph is soon able to ride the motorcycle, which becomes his trademark until the end of the third book in the series. In the novel, Ralph helps to save Keith during an illness by delivering an aspirin to him. Keith is not seen again in the sequels of the story; Each book features a different boy as a new friend for Ralph.

eries

*"The Mouse and the Motorcycle" (1965)
*"Runaway Ralph" (1970)
*"Ralph S. Mouse" (1982)

Film Adaptation

Churchill Films produced an adaptation of "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" directed by Ron Underwood. The film was distributed by Strand VCI Entertainment/Strand Home Video.

*imdb title|id=0196767|title=The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1986)
*imdb title|id=0094541|title=Runaway Ralph (1988)
*imdb title|id=0196895|title=Ralph S. Mouse (1990)