Stuart Little
by E. B. White
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Author: E. B. WhiteIllustrator: Garth Williams
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1973
ISBN: 0060263954
Number of pages: 131
Publisher: Harper & Row
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Book Review: Amazing!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Stuart Little belongs to animal fantasy. In the beginning, a baby mouse, Stuart Little, comes out, but we do not where it is from. According to the context, he could be an adopted boy or even born by his human parents. It is still a mystery. Mr. and Mrs. Little prepare lots of small stuff for their new small son. It appears that Stuart is just a pet, but it is not. Stuart's physical development keeps being compared with a human baby since E.B. White tries to give readers a hint that Stuart is no more or less than a unique human baby. Stuart is as the same as humans. And Stuart behaves the same as humans do and even can talk to people. Everything normal becomes dramatically magical. It looks like a wonder. When the story goes on, readers will know that Stuart is treated as equally as a human being because for other people in the story he is normal. Every animal in the story can communicate with human beings without startling or frightening them. That is, it is those characters' real world, so there is no so-called wonder in the story. Because of the consistency of this kind of rule, young readers will think the story is dependable.
Stuart is a small mouse, so the world he looks at is different from that humans do. Everything for him is enormous and giant. He is as big as a cute souvenir. Then, everything he uses is specially designed for him because he is small.
To let readers know how small Stuart is, the author gives a human environment for him. And the environment is well described, and then it seems real to young readers. Stuart's human parents and brother has to help him lead a proper life in the environment. In this part, we can see how Stuart lives in that big place. Everything is detailed so that it is difficult for young readers to think the story is false.
Furthermore, Stuart, a mouse, is vividly and minutely described in his behavior, appearance, and thinking. He seems an authentic character. Reading the story, we know he leads a human life, and he has the same emotions as humankind does. There is no difference. The way he tries to live outside is the same. The only difference is that he looks very much like a small mouse, so he needs small tools, beds, canoe, shoes, hats, soaps, toothbrushes, car and the like, and he also needs appropriate ways to live in the titanic human world. Stuart is not the only one who can be vividly active in people's minds. All the characters look real and have their own thoughts and emotions, too. Further, Stuart Little has most of the traits that young readers have and even fulfill many dreams they are eager to accomplish in their daily lives so that he is appealing to them just like a super star.
The most interesting part is that Stuart teaches students that every creature is equal. People have to put on those animals' shoes and know their points of view. Here, the author tries to let readers think this story is believable. Every animal is just as the same as humans.
E.B. White does not end the story, so readers have an opportunity to imagine what happens next to Stuart and can even complete the missing part of the story by themselves. The way the author does also stimulates young readers to know more about Stuart Little.
Specifically speaking, Stuart Little is merely a success, but by comparison with Charlotte's Web, it is not a great success because the story, Charlotte's Web, profoundly touches readers' hearts with the more subtle human relationship. In general, Stuart Little is significant and worthwhile.
Summary of Stuart Little
A hardcover edition of this treasured story, for which Garth Williams's original black-and-white line drawings for the jacket of Stuart Little have been colorized by the celebrated illustrator Rosemary Wells.
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 find his friend?
How terribly surprised the Little family must have been when their second child turned out to be a small mouse. Apparently familiar with the axiom that "when in New York City, anything can happen," the Littles accept young Stuart into their family unquestioningly--with the exception of Snowbell the cat who is unable to overcome his instinctive dislike for the little mouse. They build him a bed from a matchbox, and supply him with all of the accoutrements a young mouse could need. Mrs. Little even fashions him a suit, because baby clothes would obviously be unsuitable for such a sophisticated mouse. In return, Stuart helps his tall family with errant Ping-Pong balls that roll outside of their reach.
E. B. White takes Stuart on a hero's quest across the American countryside, introducing the mouse--and the reader--to a myriad of delightful characters. Little finds himself embroiled in one adventure after another from the excitement of racing sailboats to the unseen horrors of substitute teaching. This is a story of leaving home for the first time, of growing up, and ultimately of discovering oneself. At times, doesn't everyone feel like the sole mouse in a family--and a world--of extremely tall people? (Ages 9 to 12)
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