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Nov 14, 2010

karen rated it:

uh- oh - someone just lost two stars. i remember liking this book when i read it as a child, and i loved trumpet of the swan and charlotte's web like no other, so i just sense-memoried this into 4 stars. now that i reread it for my paper, it gets what it deserves. it is no good. it is inexplicably bad. and i've since learned that the ending on this was rushed because e.b. white was a hypochondriac who was convinced he was about to die and wanted to get this out to the publishers before that happ More...

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Mar 10, 2008

Jeanette rated it:

I did not like two humans having a mouse baby. It does not seem to phase anybody else, though.

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Oct 02, 2011

Jason rated it:

I was probably 7 or 8 the first time I went through this one, and have doubtless read it through 10 times since. One of those timelessly classic children's stories you just always go back to. It just hearkens back to a simpler America; makes me think of hot summers and lemonade and tire swings and reading on the trampoline in the backyard.

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May 27, 2010

Justina rated it:

Stuart Little is about a mouse that is adopted by the Little family and he finds that he must adjust to the human life. After going through some adjustments of fitting into this human house, he is able to connect with his family. The characters are developed at a level for a child to understand, Stuart seems to be more human than a mouse with his qualities. The theme of the story is that even though you seem to not fit in because of what you are or who you are, you need to just be yourself and t More...

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Dec 06, 2007

bup rated it:

This is the first book that ever blew my mind - by far my favorite children's novel. One thing I look for in a book, I've realized, is a knockout ending - a book better have a good payoff.

I don't want to spoil the ending here, but when my ten-year-old self got there, I couldn't believe it. How could E.B. White leave it like that? How can he leave so much unanswered? Moreover, how could he do that and still have it be so powerful and work so effectively?

I still am moved ev More...

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Apr 17, 2010

Tom rated it:

Forgive me, I'm in a maudlin mood today and had to post this.
It all started here, folks, my love of stories. I have vivid memories of my mother, God rest her loving soul, reading this book to me as a kid (funny, though I can't remember if my older sister and brother were present -- maybe they'd moved on to big kid books?). I think I was 5 or 6 at the time. I keep a copy on my nightstand. As then, I'm still mesmerized by the marvelous drawings, as well. I do love that mouse!

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Dec 08, 2011

Ashley rated it:

1. Fantasy
2. Stuart loves his family. He has a mom and a dad and an older brother, George -oh, and don't forget Snowball, the cat. But Stuart isn't an ordinary little boy, even though he is definitely little! Stuart is a mouse! Even though he is small, his adventures are not. Will Stuart be able to leave the safety of his home to venture out to find his friend, Margalo, who has gone missing from her nest? Will Stuart be able to safe her on his own? This story is delightful and charmi More...

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Dec 08, 2011

Kristina rated it:

Genre: Fantasy Junior Book

Stuart Little is a mouse just over two inches, but he isn’t just any ordinary mouse. He was born into a human family and lives in New York City with his parents, brother, and cat. When he realizes his friend, Margalo, a little bird, is missing, he decides to embark on an adventure to find her.

a.) A major strength of this book is the character development of Stuart through the development of the plot.
b.) Stuart Little is a very lovable and s More...

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Feb 02, 2010

kingshearte rated it:

Strange little book. The premise is one I enjoy, as I've always been somewhat fascinated by unusually small things, and the notion of experiencing the world from the perspective of a very small being. So I loved all the little contraptions and whatnot created to help Stuart function in a human-sized house.

However, the book kind of felt like White didn't really know what he was doing with it or where he was going with it. The first half of it consists of largely unrelated, episodic ad More...

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Jan 07, 2010

Thirteenth Peer rated it:

Just read this to my 6 year old twin boys. They liked it pretty well, and maintained interest and enthusiasm over several reading sessions which we don't do much of yet.

For my part, I don't remember whether I had it read to me as a child or not. The book ends with an ambiguous and, to my mind, somewhat sad ending. There is some truly random stuff in this book. An invisible car for one. One inconsistency that bothered me a bit was that it was explicitly stated that Stuart is too More...

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Oct 21, 2009

Khalil rated it:

Stuart Little had been born and became a part of a family called the Little's. It was very wierd how a mouse had humans as parents but to him it was perfectly normal. The way the author wrote this book was in a way that shows step by step how his life went being with his new found family. I love how the author made Stuart fond of adventure. This helps to show the one way he is different from his family. The lesson the author is basicly telling is that however small you may be, you will always b More...

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Oct 03, 2009

Tyler rated it:

"Following a broken repair line north, I have come upon some wonderful places," continued the repairman. "Swamps where cedars grow and turtles wait on logs but not for anything in particular; fields bordered by crooked fences broken by years of standing still; orchards so old they have forgotten where the farmhouse is. In the north I have eaten my lunch in pastures rank with ferns and junipers, all under fair skies with a wind blowing. My business has taken me into spruce woods on More...

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Jun 04, 2011

Jessica rated it:

We just finished this book as a family. The story is written very clearly, so that the children were able to make pictures of what was happening easily in their heads. They enjoyed the adventures that Stuart went on, but couldn't get over the fact that it was just 'weird' for a human to have a mouse for a baby. They also didn't like the ending much, as it was our first introduction as a family to open-ended stories. They argued a bit afterwards about what have must happened, until I convinc More...

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Jan 11, 2010

Kelly rated it:

This is one of those books that I don't remember reading as a child, but someone must have read it to me, for I was horrified the first time I saw a scene from the movie version--the animated mouse was nothing like the Stuart Little I had in my mind. I couldn't remember anything about how the book ended, though, so I decided to read it now as an adult, only to find out that the reason I don't remember an end is because there really isn't one (which, evidently, is because E.B. White thought he w More...

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Feb 01, 2010

BJ Rose rated it:

I was initially surprised to find this shelved as 'adventure', but when I reread it, I realized that it's all about adventure; well, adventure and acceptance. Stuart's parents accept him, even though he is nothing like their other son; most friends and neighbors and strangers accept him, which makes this an almost-ideal world to live in. So that makes this a beautifully-told message to kids about accepting and even loving people who are different than they are. And in this world of human giants, More...

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Nov 24, 2009

Jerzy rated it:

Charlotte's Web and The Trumpet of the Swan stand tall in my memories of favorite childhood books, but I couldn't remember Stuart so well before I picked it up recently to read aloud to Franny. This is a funny, whiskerful little book, with a slightly disappointing final act, (as well as some nautical action I found difficult to explain to a preschooler), that I'm sure we'll return to again as Franny grows older.

The early chapters, about an upper-west side New Yorker family (named th More...

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Jul 25, 2011

Betsey rated it:

The second of my re-discovered E.B. White Books, Stuart Little is an entertaining little story, but I think Mr. White pushed the line a bit here. As an adult, I read a sense of sarcasm into the story that was not evident to me as a child. Perhaps E.B. was ready to move into adult literature at this point. This is the rather imaginative story of an All American family that finds it’s newest infant addition is quite mouse-like and extremely grown up, to boot. Stuart sets off on an adventure a More...

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Sep 21, 2010

Kirin rated it:

i don't think i read this as a child. i've seen the movie, which is nothing like the book, but Zainab picked it off the shelf and wanted me to read it, so it will forever be regarded as the first chapter book i read to her, and surprisingly she loved it, me--not so much, and she actually got something out of it, so not a total loss.

because we simply read a chapter a night it wasn't too bad, each chapter is a little adventure, but in terms of its cohessiveness, ummm eb white, your sto More...

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Aug 20, 2010

Ashley rated it:

We have been listening to this in the car almost exclusively for about 3 weeks now, and both my kids adore it ("Mom, can you turn on 'Stuart Little'?" before they're buckled into their car seats). The imaginative dialogue is entertaining for children and adults alike, making for much chuckling in the car, and at home when one child or another randomly says, "Darn. Darn, darn, darn! I've been swindled!" or "A misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone." More...

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Oct 27, 2010

Brooke rated it:

I read this with Claire and boy was it not as good as I remembered it from when I was little. My teacher read this to the class in first grade, and while I didn't remember a single thing about the story, I remember thinking I must have liked it. But now I know why I don't remember a single thing from the book. first of all the story is all over the place. The idea of a little person, who looks like a mouse, could have so many cool possibile story adventures. This book, they were all over the pla More...

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Jan 02, 2012

Natia rated it:

The end was horrible. I don't know if there is a sequel, but that is a terrible way to end a book. Stuart is an adventurous character, but he is a little dumb. I mean, come on. He jumped from a window and excepted nothing to happen?!? Also,he fell in a garbage can.He got what he deserved. I think that Stuart has a crush on Margalo, because he is always saying that she is beautiful, he knew that she was a single bird, and he risked his life for her-twice! Margalo is a smart bird. She flew away wh More...

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Jul 01, 2011

Mim rated it:

This was not my favorite book. The first half had a neat story line with Stuart being raised by humans and treated like a human. The 2nd half turned bizaar.

There were some "teachable moments" in it however. Stuart has a lot of confidence for a mouse and doesn't let his size stop him from going after his dreams. He always has a CAN DO attitude too. In chapters 14 Stuart started to dream. He pictured his date he was preparing for with another 2" creature in vived detail More...

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Jan 27, 2012

Mandy rated it:

Last night I finally finished Stuart Little by E.B. White. As much as I wished my little man would sit and read this with me, he's not quite there yet. Last night while I was finishing he did let me tell him about Stuart while he looked at the few pictures in the book.

For years I have been obsessed with Charlotte's Web and would probably consider it one of my all time favorites.I have the dog eared version that my mom bought me in second grade and the insanely expensive Ea More...

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Jun 22, 2010

Pam rated it:

This story is about a family that has a mouse for a son and he seems to come already beyond being a baby. He seems to fit with the family in spite of his “mouse hood” and ends up going on an adventure to find the family bird that has flown away. This story fits into the miniature fantasy category with Stuart as the protagonist who courageously means to set things straight as he goes to find the family bird. The illustrations are black and white sketches that utilize the technique that pencils More...

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Jun 12, 2009

Summer rated it:

This is the first novel I ever read. I was in first grade and while the other kids were reading "See Jane Run", the teacher pulled me aside and handed me this book and a kid's dictionary to look up the words I didn't understand. While my classmates read about Dick and Jane, I sat a table in the back of the room reading about Stuart. I remember at 6 years old thinking that I must be stupid to be pulled out like that because I didn't understand at the time. In a silly way, Stuart became More...

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Dec 23, 2011

Sandra rated it:

Stuart Little is a mouse with attitude. A great story that has lessons about being differnet and adjusting to the world around you. Stuart has an unlikely experience: He's a mouse born into a human family. Danger lurks everywhere and everyone - including the family pet - is so much bigger than him! But Stuart does not let this get him down. He befriends a bird named Margalo, and when she flees for her life when she realizes the neighbor cat wants to turn her into lunch, Stuart embarks on a journ More...

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Aug 07, 2011

Annette rated it:

For all the classic status this book holds, it was a huge let-down for me.

Stuart Little is a mouse who was born into a human family. He is treated as a human and the parents do whatever they can to minimize any poor treatment by others to protect Stuart's feelings. He is well loved and respected within the human community. In spite of all this preferred treatment, when a family friend (a bird) finds out that she is in danger because of a neighborhood cat and flies away, Stuart aba More...

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Jan 31, 2010

Julia rated it:

I wondered what Jack Kerouac thought of E.B. White after I finished Stuart Little. It's On the Road for 7 year olds, or maybe a forties version of the same story. Stuart is too well dressed to be Sal precisely, but he has the same nonchalance towards girls and his family; he's whiney and likes to show off, he writes big.

The story is also a New York Alice, without all the Lewis Carroll word play. C, fresh from Alice and Through the Looking Glass, didn't blink at the absurdities. They More...

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Jul 21, 2011

Amy rated it:

I will admit that I myself was surprised at how disappointed I was with Stuart Little. I thought I had read it as a child, though apparently not. At first it seemed like instead of a plot it would just have a series of short episodes in Stuart's life - which was fine. They were cute. But then suddenly it had a plot - Stuart trying to find his lost friend Margalo. He meets a girl his size and tries to take her on a date, but instead he has a pouting fit and cuts the date short and the book ends w More...

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Jan 23, 2012

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