In one of his first adventures, Stuart’s mother loses a ring down the bathroom drain, and Stuart easily climbs down the drain to fetch it.īeing a mouse-sized boy presents some difficulties for Stuart. Stuart matures far more quickly than an ordinary boy, and he soon grows to be lively and helpful. Nevertheless, they take him home and love him just as they do their older son George. He also wrote books for children, including Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan.This guide uses the 2015 HarperCollins e-book edition of Stuart Little.įrederick and Eleanor Little are surprised to find that their second son is born no larger than a mouse and, indeed, looks astonishingly mouselike. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide, The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as “Strunk & White”. B.” White (J– October 1, 1985) was an American writer. As the book ends, he has not yet found Margalo, but feels confident he will do so. They go on one date, and then Stuart leaves town. He works for a while as a substitute teacher and comes to the town of Ames Crossing, where he meets a girl named Harriet Ames who is no taller than he is. A friendly dentist, who is also the owner of the boat Stuart had raced in Central Park, gives him use of a gasoline-powered model car, and Stuart departs to see the country.

Margalo flees when she is warned that one of Snowbell’s friends intends to eat her, and Stuart strikes out to find her. The bird repays his kindness by saving Stuart when he is trapped in a garbage can and shipped out for disposal at sea. A bird named Margalo is adopted by the Little family, and Stuart protects her from their malevolent cat. Then two chapters describe Stuart’s participation in a boat race in Central Park. He is accidentally released by his brother George. He has an adventure in which he gets caught in a window-blind while exercising, and Snowbell, the family cat, places Stuart’s hat and cane outside a rat hole and panicking the family. First we learn of Stuart’s birth to a family in New York City and how the family adapts, socially and structurally, to having such a small son. It is a realistic fantasy about a talking mouse, Stuart Little, born to human parents in New York. Stuart Little was illustrated by the subsequently award-winning artist Garth Williams, also his first work for children. White, his first book for children, and is widely recognized as a classic in children’s literature. Stuart Little is a 1945 children’s novel by E. Unfortunately, one page has a child’s scribble on it, though all text is legible. Dust jacket missing, some wear to covers and inscription on front page. White, Garth Williams (illus)Ĭondition: Stated first edition, 1st printing of this famous children’s book.

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