# The Mouse and the Motorcycle

**Author:** Beverly Cleary
**Lexile:** 860L
**Grade range:** Grades 2–4
**Age range:** 7–10
**First published:** 1965
**Page count:** 192
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780380709243`
**ISBN-10:** `0380709244`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-mouse-and-the-motorcycle
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A mouse named Ralph befriends a boy at a mountain hotel and discovers he can ride the boy's toy motorcycle if he makes motor noises. Cleary's Newbery-honored novel is a staple early-chapter-book assignment in 2nd-4th grade.

## Themes

- friendship
- responsibility
- coming of age
- adventure

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: CES Academy — Grade-by-Grade Summer Reading List](https://www.ces-schools.net/summer-reading-a-grade-by-grade-recommended-reading-list-for-kids/)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 2-3 exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Oregon — [source: Oregon DOE — Beverly Cleary as state author](https://www.oregon.gov/ode/Pages/default.aspx)

### Great Stone Face Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · New Hampshire — [source: Children's Librarians of New Hampshire / NH Library Association — Great Stone Face Book Award (student-choice, grades 4-6; 20 nominees/year, annual since 1980). Winner + nominee rolls via the LibraryThing award/757 mirror of the official sponsor records.](https://www.librarything.com/award/757/Great-Stone-Face-Book-Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · New Hampshire — [source: Children's Librarians of New Hampshire / NH Library Association — Great Stone Face Book Award (student-choice, grades 4-6; 20 nominees/year, annual since 1980). Winner + nominee rolls via the LibraryThing award/757 mirror of the official sponsor records.](https://www.librarything.com/award/757/Great-Stone-Face-Book-Award)

### Hawai'i Nēnē Award

- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 1969 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 1969 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 1969 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)

### Young Reader's Choice Award (PNLA)

- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1968 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1968 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Pacific Northwest Library Association — Young Reader's Choice Award winners (1940-2022), via Wikipedia — 1968 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Reader%27s_Choice_Award)

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