The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary is a fun book about Ralph, a mouse who lives in the Mountain View Inn, an old, quaint hotel in the Sierra Nevadas who meets a boy named Keith.

They discover they can talk to each other, and Keith allows Ralph to ride his toy motorcycle, which is somehow magical and can move when Ralph makes the sound of an engine with his mouth. When Ralph accidentally loses the motorcycle in a pile of laundry, will Keith forgive him? And will the pair ever be able to find the motorcycle again? But even more importantly, when Keith becomes sick, will Ralph be able to find and bring him an aspirin tablet to bring Keith's fever down? Read the book and find out!