Runaway Ralph

 
Author: Beverly Cleary

Title: Runaway Ralph

Illustrator: Tracy Dockery

Genre: Chapter

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Theme: Home isn't always a bad place to be.

Primary and Secondary Characters: Ralph the mouse, Sam the watchdog, and Catso

Awards:Nene Award (Hawaii) 
School Library Journal Best Book 
Charlie May Simon Book Award (Arkansas)

Publishing Company: Harper Collins

How you would use with your students and brief summary: This is about a young mouse who is fed up with his family, so he jumps on his toy motorcycle and heads to summer camp to get away from them. He soon realizes that the grass isn't greener on the other side when there is a strict watch dog and a very hungry cat there to greet him. This would be great to teach children that even though  they think things may be better somewhere else, home is always a great place to be.