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Stuart Little by E.B, White is about a lady that has a mouse named Stuart as a son. Stuart is a strong mouse, and he is smart to. He is smart because he can drive a boat.I like this book because it is funny and it has a lot of action. It took place in a house in a tow. This is why I really like this book. Stuart has his own room with a cigarette box as a bed. Stuart does a lot of amusing things that a person could not do. He is strong because he had to pick up a small canoe.
In Stuart' s house there is a mouse hole that his parents are worried he might go in.The characters are Margalow, Stuart, his mom, dad, brother, and the pet cat. Margalow is a bird that flew away and Stuart spent a long time searching for her. My favorite part is wen Stuart gets his own car to drive. I think people that like funny action books should get this book.
He's young enough to just accept that. The premises are (1) Stuart Little is a full (birth) member of the family, (2) he is a mouse, (3) but he is as smart as or smarter than a boy, (4) ordinary people are not surprised by a talking mouse (or by 2-inch-high girls, either), and (5) he can grow up (or at least grow reasonably competent) fast, so he can leave home and drive north at age 7 or whatever it is.Sure that's a bizarre set of premises to ask somebody to accept, but if you think about it in a certain way, it makes sense. I just finished reading the book to my little boy. It doesn't matter how Mrs. It is quite possible that White intended to finish it, but considering that he lived for another 40 years, he must have felt satisfied with leaving it as it was, and so that was his artistic intention -- to leave it "unfinished." There's just one reasonable interpretation of that, which is very clear from the last few pages of the book: the message of the book is that, if you have courage and spunk, you'll get along fine in this long, strange, still unfinished journey called life.I like neat, satisfying, life-fulfilling endings more than most people, I imagine, and so for a little while I was disturbed by the end, but I've decided that Stuart gets along just fine and probably even finds what he's looking for. I think the story is really meant for very small children and other people who are able to read, accept, and evaluate on its own merits. (Would she even notice that she was giving birth to a newborn mouse).
Well, you'd be as small as a mouse.so what would it be like to be a human but growing up as a mouse. He did say, at the end, "I want to read more about Stuart Little," but I told him there wasn't a sequel. Imagine someone thinking, "What would it be like to grow up two inches high. Little kids are great in their ability to do that.As for Wikipedia's explanation of the abrupt and unsatisfying ending, the current version of the article doesn't give any source, so I would give that factoid a 25% chance of being true.The book is a fantasy. Little might give birth to a mouse. A mouse, by the way, that has all the spunk and independence of a very bright, competent, independent-minded boy." Well, all the premises behind the book follow from that suggestion.There does seem to be a problem in how the book ends so abruptly, without answering some crucial plot questions. The unfinished nature of the story poignantly underscores the unfinished nature of life itself.
Perfect for sequels I guess.One part did throw me, however: In the author bio on the back cover it states that White began writing for his niece when she was six but by the time he finished she was grown and reading Hemingway. Independence, if you will.
Nothing like the movies but there are some familiar characters. A great book and my children (ages six and three) loved hearing me read it.
Not bad, mind you, but my impression of the book's theme was that of growing up and going out on one's own. The Littles, Stuart, Margalo, and Snowbell were all there and the movie's characterizations were faithful to the book.
But the story's ending was not nearly so much on the 'happily ever after' stuff. The movies were more morality plays with lessons learned in the end but no real character growth.
What, was she seven.
Stuart Little es un ratòn muy valiente. Mi parte favorito del libro fue cuando Stuart fue substituto. Stuart Little Por: E.B. Margalo pierdese y Stuart viene a encontrarla. Si yo estaba buscado a Margalo yo no irà al oficina de dentista para pedir ayuda.Yo darè 5 estrellas ***** al libro porque me gustò leyendo de Stuart Little. Stuart Little es un buen amigo con un pàjaro y su nombre es Margalo. Fue divertido leer todo lo que Stuart hizo cuando estaba buscando a su amiga Margalo.
¡Yo pienso que seria divertido tener Stuart Little para un maestro. WhiteStuart Little es un ratòn y su familia es humana. Todos los niños le gustaron a Stuart para un maestro. Margalo es un pàjaro bonito. Stuart fue en muchas adventuras cuando estaba buscando a Margalo. La parte que no me gustò mucho fue cuando Stuart estaba buscando a Margalo el fue al oficina de dentista para pedir ayuda. Stuart Little (Spanish-language version) (Spanish Edition)
Stuart is obviously meant to be identified with by young children, and his adventures involve situations and emotions that will be familiar to them.I do wish I'd read it to my kids when they were small. The language isn't dumbed down for children, nor does the story have a sugary-sweet ending that seems a requirement nowadays.
And yes, I feel guilty for not having read it to my kids when they were small. I'd never read this book, so when I found it among the kids' books, I decided to give it a shot.
The story tells about his struggles living as a mouse in a human household, and then about his adventures when he leaves home to find his bird friend.It's very much a product of its times--written in 1945, it's a completely different style from most current children's books. Not to worry--I read to them a lot, just not this one, possibly because I wasn't familiar with it myself.I'm sure everyone already knows the plot--my ignorance notwithstanding, it is a classic children's story.
It's not the same as the movie, by the way--which I haven't seen, but I've heard about.The Littles' second child turns out to be a mouse. At the same time, it's not a story for adults.
Maybe I'll hang on to it for eventual grandchildren.
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