Would write nothing less than a children's classic. If I also found it a little disappointing, perhaps that is because I had been expecting that E. Little Stuart is a very engaging hero, and 'Stuart Little' is an entertaining book, whether for children or their parents. 'Better look at the oil, too,' he would say before riding off to look for a brownish bird, in much the same spirit as Galahad seeking the Grail. 'Five drops,' Stuart would answer in a firm if squeaky voice. 'Five what?' the attendant would ask, looking down at the car not half so big as a scooter. He would drive into a filing station and say, 'Five, please.'

When Margalo flew away to the north the following spring, Stuart went searching for her in a toy automobile with a real engine. He would have drowned that time, except for a friend of his, a little wrenlike bird named Margalo, who let him cling to her feet and carried him back to his own window sill. The can was emptied into a truck, the truck was emptied into a scow, and Stuart wasĬarried out to sea. Once he tried to go skating in Central Park but a dog chased him, and he had to hide in a celery grove on top of a garbage can. The blind rolled up and Stuart was imprisoned Once he tried to do gymnastics on the cord that hung from the window blind, to impress the household cat. In his pleasant, mouselike manner, shy but inquisitive, he was always getting into scrapes. He wore a gray hat and twirled a little cane.

He weighed three and one-half ounces and was a little more than two inches tall, not counting the tail. At the age of 7, when he was fully grown, At birth he was so small that a three-cent stamp would have carried him anywhere in the United States. Named him, had a mouse's sharp nose, a mouse's whiskers and a mouse's tail. Little were normal persons in every way, their second son looked very much like a mouse. Hear Julie Andrews read from 'Stuart Little'.OctoStuart Little: Or New York Through the Eyes of a Mouse Stuart Little By E.B. Whether you curl up with your young reader to share these books or hand them off for independent reading, you are helping to create what are likely to be all-time favorite reading memories.Stuart Little: Or New York Through the Eyes of a Mouse White favorites Charlotte's Web and The Trumpet of the Swan as classic illustrated novels that continue to speak to today's readers. Determined to track her down, Stuart ventures away from home for the very first time in his life. Stuart's greatest adventure comes when his best friend, a beautiful little bird named Margalo, disappears from her nest. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's also a true lover of adventure. Born to a family of humans, he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat.

White, author of the Newbery Honor Book Charlotte's Web and The Trumpet of the Swan, about one small mouse on a very big adventure.

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