Keith discovers his missing motorcycle in the wastebasket. Startled by a telephone ring, both Ralph and the motorcycle fall into a metal wastebasket. While Keith is away, Ralph attempts to ride it, but cannot figure out how to start it. Keith leaves a toy motorcycle on his bedside table. One day a boy named Keith Gridley and his family visit the hotel on their way through California. Ralph longs for a life of danger and speed, wishing to get away from his relatives, who worry about the mice colony being discovered. Ralph is a mouse who lives in the run-down Mountain View Inn, a battered resort hotel in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. Mouse character in the following decade, and a film adaptation of The Mouse and The Motorcycle was produced in 1986. Cleary went on to write two more books featuring the Ralph S. The book was released as a selection of the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club (Intermediate Division) and won the William Allen White Children's Book Award in 1968. The story and characters were inspired both by Cleary's son, who while recovering from a fever played with miniature cars and motorcycles, and by a neighbor who had shown Cleary a small mouse that had been trapped in a bucket. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run-down hotel. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, all inspired by the author's hope to create appealing books for boys and girls-and by the sight of her son playing with toy cars.The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. This fun story is the first of a trilogy, along with Runaway Ralph and Ralph S. The Mouse and the Motorcycle is perfect for independent reading or for shared reading at home or in a classroom. This timeless classic now features a foreword written by New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo, as well as an exclusive interview with Beverly Cleary herself. Whether dodging a rowdy terrier or keeping his nosy cousins away from his new wheels, Ralph has a lot going on And with a pal like Keith always looking out for him, there's nothing this little mouse can't handle. But with all this freedom (and speed ) come a lot of obstacles. So when Keith leaves the bike unattended in his room one day, Ralph makes his move.

When the ever-curious Ralph spots Keith's red toy motorcycle, he vows to ride it. In this imaginative adventure from Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, a young mouse named Ralph is thrown into a world of excitement when a boy and his shiny toy motorcycle check in to the Mountain View Inn.

Keith from the mouse and the motorcycle