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1. Yes! I love a manual transmission and wish I could still get one in the US. We rented a car in Madrid one time, and they gave us a huge upgrade when we said we could drive a manual transmission. They were so relieved that we didn't need an automatic after all the Americans in line before us. One of the reasons I want to live in Europe, at least for a few years.
2. Tagged!
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author !

I decided to read this today as my #inmemoriam pick for #booked2023. Beverly Cleary was one of my favorites as a kid, but I‘d never read the Ralph books! Loved the letter at the beginning written by Kate DiCamillo. Beverly Cleary was such a gem 💚💚

#WeRemember @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
Prompt: Beverly Cleary

I loved this series about Ralph S. Mouse and his adventures with a motorcycle.

#BeverlyCleary 🐭 🏍 #WeRemember 💔🌹

#BookNerd 💙🤓📚

What a cute story about the power of believing! I'm so sorry I never read this as a kid but I think I was more Team Judy Blume & turned my nose up at Beverly Cleary. Really fun way to start my year! #Top100KidLit

Looking for a short, audience friendly listen while I make dinner... lol, getting this off my #TopKidLit list!

Lane and I are making the most of our sick day and just read the last couple chapters of The Mouse and the Motorcycle together. He LOVED it! #raisingreaders

Beverly Cleary is timeless as ever, if this guy's requests for "one more chapter" are anything to go by...
#raisingreaders

14 Jul-28 Aug 2021
A lovely, easy chapter book to read with Beatrix. Most of the time she will elect Luke as her nighttime reader so I try to keep the books we read quite short and simple - it can be a long time between sessions. This fit the bill nicely, although I personally prefer the realism of Ramona. The magical elements of a talking mouse riding a motorcycle around a hotel appealed to Trix.

In a world where a mouse can jump on a toy motorcycle and make a “vroom, vroom” sound to magically start moving, pretty much anything is possible... but a mouse riding a motorcycle is pretty fantastic all on its own. On Episode 129 of my podcast, we discuss The Mouse and the Motorcycle! We compare/contrast Ralph S. Mouse and Stuart Little, chat about what the book has to say about class and trauma, and more! 🐭🛵 Link to listen in my bio.

#ThrowbackThursday
I don‘t think I‘ve ever found a Beverly Cleary book that I didn‘t like, and The Mouse and the Motorcycle was another wonderful story. It‘s probably because of this book that I fell in love with Mrs Frisby and the Rays if NIMH. I hope I get to read this with my nephews when they‘re older!

Just as enjoyable as when I was a kid. This story is super adorable and very sweet. It is a great introduction to chapter books for young readers as it is relatively short and reads very fast with lots of action in each chapter.

This was one of my childhood favorites so I couldn't resist this purchase. It will still be a few years before the grandbaby will be ready for it but I'm excited at the prospect of introducing it to him eventually. 😊🛵

1- tagged
2- The Iran Hostages (as mentioned already) were probably the most important news event of my childhood but the one I remember most is the Mount St Helen's eruption.
3- tea and honey.
4- 👋

Sweet

“Poor nearsighted Uncle Victor. He, too, had landed in a metal wastepaper basket, jumping there quite by #mistake. Unable to climb the sides, he had been trapped until the maid came and emptied him out with the trash. No one knew for sure what had happened to Uncle Victor, but it was known that the trash in the hotel was emptied into an incinerator.”
#QuotsyApr19

Happy 103rd Birthday Beverly Cleary! Love you forever! Thank you for all the amazingly beautiful stories! 📚 📖 🥳 🎉 🎂 ✍🏻 😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😘😘

Here‘s our 4 year old‘s Christmas #bookhaul

5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ one of my elementary school teachers read this book to the class when I was a kid it was nice to read it again as an adult, such a cute story.

Starting

Such a cute little story. My son loved having me read it to him. 💜

When you and all your friends are English teachers, the kids all get books in the Christmas gift exchange 😂🎁📚 My daughter received 2 Beverly Cleary books (maybe I could borrow them for the #throwbackreadathon ) and the book in Japanese is about “100 poems by 100 poets”
Merry Christmas 🎄

I love reading with my daughter, and it's so much fun seeing her interpretations on the text.

It's not exactly a "drive by" but I loved this book as a kid, and it was my first thought for #motorcycledriveby #90sinJuly @Robothugs @Cinfhen

Classic early chapter book. Mouse and boy become friends at hotel. Ralph the mouse 🐭 has insightful perspective on a child's frustrations. My son definitely empathized with Ralph and his point of view. Ralph S. Mouse is up next. This was a great read aloud for my 4 turning 5 son. #earlychapterbook #readaloud

Day 66: "Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language." #shoes by #metoo

Oh man, I thought I was out of luck for the #photoadaynov16 planes, trains, and automobiles challenge! And I still may be, since a motorcycle isn't quite an automobile. But who doesn't love a classic like The Mouse and the Motorcycle?! It is a gem from my childhood. #planestrainsautomobiles
@RealLifeReading

Look what I found at Toronto's Nuit Blanche event! My childhood nostalgia is going wild right now. #LiteratureVsTraffic #NBTO2016

Here are my #peachbooks. Yes I do have trouble letting go of favorite kids' books! Mouse and the Motorcycle helped me survive a miserable week of summer camp back in the 70s.

Our guinea pig, Pig, studies up for a grand adventure. (One day late for @Liberty 's #FunFridayPhoto -- show us your pet with a book!)

No matter how lonely your childhood was, there are always books to keep you company. This was one of those books for me...

Happy 100th to Beverly Cleary, who created some of the most beloved characters in all of childrens' literature: Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and (my favorite!) Ralph S. Mouse. 🐭🏍

🎉 Happy 100th Birthday, Beverly Cleary! 🎉

My sister might've owned the copy but I'm pretty sure I read this book far more often than she did. Happy centennial, Beverly Cleary! (image swiped from Etsy. My/her copy is long gone but lodged in my head.)