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. It is on this search, after several amusing experiences, that we leave Stuart, going North in his little car, sure he is heading in the right direction. His great adventure comes when, at the age of seven, he sets out in the world to seek his dearest friends, Margalo, a beautiful little bird fern. But on the whole his life is a happy one. His size - just over two inches - does give him some trouble now and then, like the time he was rolled up in the window shade, or when he got dumped in to a garbage scow. In spite of his small size, Stuart gets around a good bit in the world, riding a Fifth Avenue bus with some aplomb, racing (and winning in) a sailboat in Central Park, teaching school for a day, and so on. He is a great help around the house, and everybody except Snowbell the cat likes him a great deal. Littles and is a pleasantly debonair little character, with a shy, engaging manner and a somewhat philosophical turn of mind. Stuart Little, the hero, is a mouse in the family of the Frederick C. This is the first children's book by the distinguished author, E.
The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.
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