This book was on my wishlist - how could I resist? My friend saw it and gifted it to me for my birthday. What an adorable mouse Ralph is! I can understand why this story has captivated generations of children. I am looking forward to reading the next two in the adventures of Ralph. Here is where a writer knows how to spin a character -in Ralph, we have at once a naughty, curious, yet fun-loving, adventurous and caring mouse.

No telling how many time I read this book when I was a kid. One of the top ten of my childhood!

My girlfriend works in a used bookstore. One of the primary duties of her work requires the buying of books brought in. Her boss is an ex computer programmer and wrote a nifty program/algorithm that cross references book purchasing on Amazon and E Bay. If the book in question is ranked over a certain number then they will purchase said book(s).

My girlfriend has first cracks at all books that come into the store. She has a long list from me of things I'm looking for. Regardless of what the program says, to buy or not, if it something I need she will purchase it and put it in our ever growing to buy pile.

Our year anniversary passed recently. One of the gifts from her was a collection of titles with a...certain theme. Books with Ralph in the title. Because, yup that's me. It was adorable.

Very age appropriate book about adventure, sacrifice and growing up. It was cute.

My 5 year old loved Ralph!

Students said 5 stars

Still very enjoyable, and it really held my son’s interest!

The Mouse and the Motorcycle BLEW MY MIND when I was about 8 years old. I remember thinking, "It's a mouse, okay...snd he's riding...a motorcycle?! That! IS! AWESOME!!!"

My dad's a mechanic, so naturally I worried about things like access to the appropriate-sized tools and where the mouse would find parts for the bike, I mean, it's soooo small! What if he blew a plug? Is NAPA even going to have that?! And if it's foreign-made, well then that's a whole other pandora's box of problems right there!

So you can see, my own personal experiences ratcheted up the tension of this otherwise thrilling adventure in which a boy visiting a hotel gives the gift of a toy motorcycle to an adventurous mouse named Ralph. Ralph zooms about, getting into mishaps and adventures. He's a bit of a hooligan, that Ralph, and he nearly loses the bike. But he regains the boy's trust by doing him a daring service.

The Mouse and the Motorcycle instantly became a personal favorite and made me an even more avid reader. So to you, Ms. Beverly Cleary, I say... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovqpv...

♥ A childhood book that I just love to no end ♥

Another childhood classic. Definitely a fun concept. Ralph is a true mouse hero.

This was the first book I ever owned. This book is why I write.

I read this when J was barely 4 or still 3 and he didn't follow all the hotel concepts. S, age 5, has stayed in a hotel and loves it.

I just finished reading this to my class. Ralph is great. He's an underestimated juvenile mouse who gives a heroic and inspirational (for 4th graders, age or mentality) performance. It was fun to read it to the class because I could show off some motorcycle knowledge and make pbb, ppb, pbb sounds when Ralph rode around.
One drawback: most of the kids had seen the movie version so they already know what was going to happen. Damn Hollywood, stealing all the fun.