Name: Stuart Little
Rating: 3.51875 (80 reviews)

Elwyn Brooks White

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.

Stuart Little

E.B. White

He's one small mouse on one very big adventure

Stuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans, he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's also a true lover of adventure. 

Stuart's greatest adventure comes when his best friend, a beautiful little bird named Margalo, disappears from her nest. Determined to track her down, Stuart ventures away from home for the very first time in his life. He finds adventure aplenty. But will he and his friend?
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Shawn Camp

Loved it as a kid, but reading it to my kids now to find out the ending was rushed and many plot points were left unresolved. Disappointed.

Deepika Ramesh

Not so EB White. Full review here: https://worncorners.wordpress.com/201...

Kirsten Simkiss

Stuart Little is cute. But deep? Not at all. This is very much a book where everything is on the surface and little can be drawn from it in terms of meaning. Additionally, it ends remarkably abruptly. I'm not sure of the reason why this would be, but it makes the book lose it's appeal for me. I also struggle with the logic of the idea itself, but fiction does require a certain amount of suspension of disbelief. In this case, that two fully grown human parents would give birth to a mouse and no one would question how that would even be possible.

All in all, not my favorite work. I definitely remember liking it slightly more as a child, though it was never in a list of books I adored.

Kristen

I don't have much to say about this one. I wanted to reach my Goodreads goal this year, and I'm only a few books behind and wanted some short reads to get me there. I reread my childhood favorite, Trumpet of the Swan, and found a lot to love in it even as an adult, so I thought I'd give this a shot.

It is not nearly as good as Trumpet of the Swan. Stuart was a bit of a jerk at the end. The ending was abrupt. That's to say nothing of the premise of a mouse being born into a human family, but we'll skip that. 

One thing I've noticed about E.B. White is that he's more of a teller than a shower. His writing is all telling me what happened instead of showing me how something happened. I just can't get myself into a mindset where I find this type of writing enjoyable anymore.

winter 

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E.B. White's classic novel about a small mouse on a very big adventure, available in eBook for the very first time!

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