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The Ralph S. Mouse Audio Collection

By: Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray
Narrated by: B.D. Wong
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Ralph is not like the other mice at Mountain View Inn. He is always looking for excitement! Now all of his adventures are here in one audio collection!

Mouse and the Motorcycle

Ralph S. Mouse

Runaway Ralph

©1982 Beverly Cleary (P)2007 HarperCollinsPublishers

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Stick with Ramona and Henry

What disappointed you about The Ralph S. Mouse Audio Collection?

My son loved the Henry Huggins and Ramona stories, and since he is still very young I was hoping the Mouse and His Motorcycle stories would be even more age appropriate. But these stories lack the charm of those other Beverly Cleary books. The worst thing about them is how much bickering and negativity you hear from the kids and even the mouse. There's a lot of complaints about people and things being "stupid" or "boring." The characters are constantly whining and complaining. The narration doesn't help, as all the characters sound essentially the same, and the female characters sound like the actor is mocking them. By the third book, my son was asking me to turn it off.

Would you be willing to try another one of B.D. Wong’s performances?

No. All the voices sound alike, and the female voices are particularly bad.

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Fun!

Where does The Ralph S. Mouse Audio Collection rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The Ralph S. Mouse Audio Collection is a great fun collection. It ranks with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for quality amongst children's books.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Of course my favorite character was Ralph the mouse. His mood and temper was affected by circumstances, but he was able to learn. And I love the imagination that both the author and the mouse were able to play.

Which character – as performed by B.D. Wong – was your favorite?

He did extremely well with all characters. O

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No

Any additional comments?

My only complaint is that the books were played out of order. _Runaway Ralph_ should have been BEFORE _Ralph S. Mouse_. The motorcycle, after all, is destroyed in _Ralph S. Mouse_, but it's a vital part of _Runaway Ralph_.

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Collections set up terribly- bad deal

It seems like a good deal to get all the books at once, but it's not if you want to do anything but listen to them all in a chosen order sequentially- there's no way to go to what book you want or tell what chapter to go back to- it's just like 45 unlabeled chapters of all the books together. Ramona Quimby series was manageable because a user posted the chapters for everyone, but without that help these Audible "collections" are not a good deal for most parents.

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Great series for kids!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I loved this as a kid but love the fact that my daughter and I listen to this every day.

Have you listened to any of B.D. Wong’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

B. D. Wong has great sounds and voices for the characters.

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These stories are great, the narration is less so.

The narrator chose to use some rather strange accents and voices for characters meant to be residing in the mountains of California. It's a shame. Had he used better voices for the characters I would have enjoyed it more. The books in this series are great though! For now, this is a better book to read than listen to.

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So glad I found this!

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

While I found the narrator to be less than exquisite, I do believe he does an adequate job.

Any additional comments?

I grew up reading the adventures of Ralph and his motorcycle and I will never forget how much I love these books. I do enjoy Ramona and her antics, but something about Ralph and his spirit has stuck with me for over 18 years. I will always recommend this collection.

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B.D. Wong is an American Treasure

My kids already listened to Neil Patrick Harris’s Henry Huggins and Stocker Channing’s Ramona Quimby and they are loving B.D. Wong’s Ralph. If these three collections were on vinyl they would be worn out records by now. I particularly love the diversity of the voices in the Ralph series, especially the women, who sound like working class people and people of color - so familiar and relatable. Thank you for these productive, off of screen hours for my twin 5 year olds. There is some name calling, teasing, and misogyny but we use it as an opportunity to talk about these issues in a productive way before they arise in school, etc. so they are better equipped to deal with them and now I hear “they used to think boys were better than girls, but that’s not true” and “that’s not nice, Ramona - But Ramona is Grandpa’s age and they didn’t know about how bad teasing and bullying was back then. People are always learning!”

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Fun Story

This is one of my favorite stories ever! The little mouse is so cute! And this 6 or 7 hour story has 3 stories to it, this is worth buying people!!!

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No way to navigate between the three books

Really wish the chapters were titled in all of the Audible collections! Its so frusterating!

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Horrible

So so so so so so so horrible don’t suggest listening. I listened for 30 minutes and I almost died. It was so boring never listen to it. It is one of the worst audiobooks I’ve ever heard and I am.16 so bad

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