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I'm showing my son how reviews on Amazon work, and he was very excited to comment on this book:"It's good for a person of any age, and it is very imaginative. It's fun and funny."
I reccomend these adventures for every child to read. He likes them and is enjoying them, as I suspected he would. The price is right too, unlike some of the trendy books. I remember reading these books when I was a kid. I bought them for my grandson to enjoy as well. Its good clean fun.
Myboy didn't want her to stop reading, becauseof course at the end of each chapter there isa "cliffhanger" situation still to be resolved.This book has engaged the interest of our son,and played an important role in his developmentof his Spanish language literacy. I highly recommend this title. She has tried Harry Potterin Spanish, but he doesn't get into that justyet. For part of thetime, he reads out loud from books in Spanish forlittle children (pre-school), and for anotherpart--and at bedtime--she reads to him from more advanced texts. It is tough to keep a nativelanguage alive in an English-dominant environment,and it takes desire and perseverance. My wife has been teaching our boy, 6 years old, toread and write (but mostly to read) Spanish, whichis her first language. They have aSpanish study session of about an hour or so everyweekday in the afternoon at home. However, the Spanish translation of TheMouse and the Motorcycle was a real hit.
So I got my son the book to use and we will be donating it to the school. With all the school bugets being cut, my son's teacher didn't have enough books for all the kids for the assigned reading. He seems to love the book. I received the book in less than 4 days. They book was brand new. He's almost done with it.
I'm interested in seeing what else happens to this adventuresome mouse. But that doesn't make them bad at all. See, that room also happens to be the home of Ralph, a young mouse. There is a decided fantasy element to them that is missing from Beverly Cleary's other books. Mrs. Cleary does a wonderful job of bring a mouse's world to life and creating problems that would be realistic. When Keith leaves his toy motorcycle out and then leaves for dinner, Ralph can't resist sitting on it. But what adventures will await Ralph now that he can ride a motorcycle.I missed these books as a kid.
In fact, just the little bits that were there added a lot of charm to the story.The story started a little slowly, but once Ralph takes his first ride on the motorcycle, things really pick up. Ralph really grows over the course of the book, and that growth is fun to watch, at least for this adult.I know I have missed other books about Ralph, and I just might have to track them down. When Keith and his family take room 215 at an old hotel, he never imagines what is in store for him. Keith discovers him and the two become friends. In fact, I was often left wondering how he would get out of whatever his next problem would be.
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