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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Manufacturer: Listening Library (Audio)
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5



Binding: Audio Cassette
EAN: 9780807217610
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 0807217611
Label: Listening Library (Audio)
Manufacturer: Listening Library (Audio)
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 2003-05-13
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: 2003-05-13
Studio: Listening Library (Audio)

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Editorial Reviews:

Ralph es un ratoncito aburrido de vivir siempre con su famalia en la habitacion de un viejo hotel. Un dia, descubre que la habitacion esta ocupada por un chico mut aficionado a todo aquello que tenga que ver con al motor y que ademas posee una buena coleccion de coches y motos de juguete. Cuando nadie lo ve, Ralph sube a la mesita de noche donde se encuentra estacionada la moto que le tiene robado el corazon. . .

Y encima de la moto, ¿de que no va a ser capaz un ratoncito motorizado?


Spotlight customer reviews:

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Summary: The mouse and the motorcycle
Comment: My son is 10 years old and loves this series of books. I normally have hard time getting him to read. He has read each of these books at least 3 times or more.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Thumbs Up!
Comment: I would give this book a thumbs up.

I would share this book with my friend because he likes motorcycles.



Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Thumbs Up!
Comment: I would give this book a thumbs up.

I would share this book with my friend because he likes motorcycles.



Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Thumbs Up!
Comment: I would give this book a thumbs up.

I would share this book with my friend because he likes motorcycles.



Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Plot! Character! Action!
Comment: This book is a rare treasure, perfectly pitched to read aloud to my five-year-old boys.

First, it's a lovely tale, perfectly combining gentle, humourous real world observation (hotels, vacuum cleaners) with just enough fantasy elements to keep childish imagination tantalised (a talking mouse! who rides a motorbike!).

Most appealing of all are Cleary's full, three-dimensional characters - just as I remember from my own earth-shattering discovery of Ramona decades ago. You can't help but relate to a mouse who experiences envy, shame, and guilt - and thereby reflects a real-world humanity that is either entirely absent. or treated ham-fistedly in so many other books for this age. More than adding to our enjoyment of the story, I loved the fact that this quality introduces my children to what literature can be - not merely a diversion, but a call to reflection, showing you the ordinariness of your foibles, and the possibilites for redemption.

Then of course (of greater interest to them than to me) was the action. The machine-centric obsession, the necessity of speed and bravery, the near misses - all the heroic theatrics close to most young boys' hearts.

I wish I'd bought the whole trilogy at once. We will return to this book many times.


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