Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Runaway Ralph
Book Review: A great book that teaches us not to runaway from home.
Summary: 5 Stars
I think Ralph gets into a lot of trouble, and people should read this book, and learn not to runaway. So if you read this book it will teach you to face your problems in talking and not running.Book Review: A mouse's marvelous adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
"Runaway Ralph," by Beverly Cleary, tells a story about Ralph, a mouse who lives with his family in a hotel. Ralph finds himself in conflict with both the nagging older generation of mice and the annoying younger group; he longs for "a life of speed and danger and excitement." So he sets off on his mouse-sized motorcycle and has an adventure in which he encounters many new people, animals, and situations."Ralph" is a fun adventure story that is filled with humor and suspense. Cleary includes well-written characters and many clever details as Ralph's journey progresses. An important aspect of the novel is Ralph's ability to talk to both other animals (of various species) and certain humans. This fantasy element of the book, similar to the communication in the classic story "Charlotte's Web," is skillfully handled by Cleary.
Ralph is a great character. Despite his personal flaws, his essential courage and resourcefulness make him admirable. I see Ralph as a questing hero in the mold of such classic characters as Homer's Odysseus or Cervantes' Don Quixote. Finally, for an interesting companion text to "Ralph," try Felice Holman's powerful novel "Slake's Limbo."
Book Review: A very engaging book for child and parent alike.
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book to my then 5-year-old son, and quickly found I was as eager as he was to continue with the next chapter. As in her other excellent books in the Henry Huggins and Ramona series, the author does a wonderful job of painting the rich tapestry of feelings that the title character experiences. You will never look at a mouse the same way again! As you experience Ralph's feelings and resulting actions, you realize that you may just be reading about the mouse that creeps around in your attic.
In fact, it is quite easy to imagine virtually everything in the book actually occurring in real life, save for the mouse-to-boy communication and the toy motorcycle that is mouse-sound-powered, which sprinkle just enough fantasy in to give the book just the right measure of magic. (Okay, mice probably don't conspire to ride off into the countryside as rebels ... or do they?)
The only problem I had with this book was that my son was so enthused about the book that he picked it up and continued reading it after I set the book down and tucked him in for sleep. (He is quite an advanced reader for his age, in part because of the many Beverly Cleary books he has read with his Dad.) One night, I had to quickly read three chapters of the book by myself just to catch up with him!
And I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Book Review: Brave Ralph
Summary: 4 Stars
I read the book Runaway Ralph by Beverly Clearly. I like this book because the character shows that he is brave. The reason I think he is brave is because he went out on his own and survived by himself. My favorite character in the book is Ralph because he is brave and in the book it shows that he is not afraid of anything. When I was reading the book there was some parts that where very exiting and some parts where he got in to problems. After reading the book I rated the book 4 stars because there are also some parts that are not that good. This book is good for 3rd and sixth graders because they would like it very much.Book Review: Childhood Staple
Summary: 4 Stars
We bought this book.
Beverly Cleary is a staple of independent reader libraries for good reason. Ralph S. Mouse is daring, brave, and often gets in over his head. Tired of his little sisters and brothers and cousins (who always demand to ride his special bike) Ralph runs away to camp in search of boys he can have fun with )and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches).
Instead he ends up caught, slapped in a cage, the personal pet of the weirdest boy in camp. Garf sings bad songs, doesn't talk much to the other kids and worse, the other kids think he's a thief. Ralph knows the truth, but can he help Garf, and why would he want to at all with Garf holding his prized motorcycle hostage?
Ralph is far from a perfect character. He's selfish and a little bratty at times, but in his heart he's a good guy. In a way this makes him easier for kids to relate to, but parents may find themselves irritated at times by Ralph's mindset. Runaway Ralph is an early chapter book, about a hundred and eighty pages long and perfect for nightly reading. Not the best book out there, it's still a solid exploratory read, perfect for Stuart Little or Charlotte's Web fans and a good try-out book for hard to read-to kids (especially boys).
A staple of beginner libraries Runaway Ralph makes for good memories and good bedtime reading for kids in the five to twelve and great beginner reading for kids ten to twelve.