Ralph S. Mouse Collection - Beverly Cleary

Category: Adventure, Children, Classic, Humor
Language: English
Keywords: Ralph S. Mouse Runaway Ralph the Mouse and the Motorcycle

Written by Beverly Cleary
Read by B. D. Wong
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication dates: 2007-2011

Ralph is not like the other mice at Mountain View Inn. He is always looking for excitement! !

Mouse and the Motorcycle - Duration: 02:17:47
Jaunty opening music sets the tone for the adventures of Ralph the mouse as he discovers the magical toy motorcycle belonging to a young guest at the hotel where Ralph lives. When Ralph takes a terrible fall–into the wastebasket–the boy, Keith, must rescue him. While it’s easy for a boy to help a mouse, later Ralph must brave the dangers of “the outside” and the dreaded “ground floor” in order to help his new friend, but Ralph knows that the motorcycle is special—made to be ridden by an adventurous mouse. And once a mouse can ride a motorcycle . . . almost anything can happen!

Runaway Ralph - Duration: 02:27:18
Tired of his boring life at the Mountain View Inn, frustrated by nagging elders and annoying younger siblings and cousins, he decides to leave in search of “a life of speed and danger and excitement. Ralph decides to hop on his motorcycle and head down the road to Happy Acres Camp. Unfortunately, life at camp is not all peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! A strict watchdog, a mouse-hungry cat, and a troubled boy named Garf keep Ralph on his toes and away from his precious motorcycle. Perhaps home is not such a bad place to be, if only Ralph can find a way to get there again!

Ralph S. Mouse - Duration: 01:55:50
Ralph has problems. His motorcycle is suffering wear and tear from his nightly excursions, and when Ralph and his pesky cousins accidentally make a mess at the Mountain View Inn where he lives, Ralph decides that he’d better take his motorcycle and leave. Yet the “S” stands for Smart, and Ralph calculates that the mysterious place called “school” might hold the solution to his problems.

He persuades his young pal Ryan to take him to school, where Ralph is an instant hit with Ryan’s classmates. But Ralph doesn’t like being told what to do. Worse than that, his precious motorcycle gets broken. Is Ralph stuck at school?

As in the other two stories, B.D. Wong brings the characters of the Mountain View Hotel and the Irwin J. Sneed Elementary School to life. Ralph and “his boy,” Ryan, are as vibrant and intertwined as any two characters can be pouting over tiffs and rejoicing over victories. Wong’s supporting characters are distinctive from imperious hotel manager, Mr. Minch, to creative classroom teacher Miss K. A.R.