Stuart Little

by E.B. White

I remember watching the Stuart Little movie years ago and really enjoying it. I have always enjoyed Michael J Fox and it was good to hear his voice again. 1999 was the year after I graduated and I worked in Scunthorpe in the UK when I first enjoyed this movie with my class. It's a real favourite of mine so when I came across this classic in the school library I wondered how closely the movie was to the original novel. The movie and novel begin the same but the endings differ considerably. I'm not sure whether I'd recommend it as a novel study but it might be worth making these resources available for an independent reading group to choose for themselves. I enjoyed the novel, though I did feel it finished rather abruptly for me.... might be worth having students continue the story themselves. That's my final brainwave.

Synopsis

Nearly being dumped in the Atlantic Ocean along with a whole boat-load of foul-smelling rubbish was just one of Stuart Little's amazing adventures.
E.B.White has created a fascinating character - a debonair, intelligent mouse, game for every kind of adventure- whose exploits are a delight to read.

Author

E.B. White was born in New York in 1899. In 1927, White joined The New Yorker magazine as writer and contributing editor—a position he would hold for the rest of his career. He wrote three books for children, including Stuart Little (1945) and Charlotte's Web (1952). In 1959 he revised The Elements of Style by the late William Strunk Jr., which became a standard style manual for writers. White, who earned a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 1978, passed away at his home in Maine in 1985. 

(Biography)

Books by the same author

The lady is cold (1929)
Is Sex Necessary? Or, Why You Feel the Way You Do (1929)
Alice Through the Cellophane (1933)
A Subtreasury of American Humor (1941)
One Man's Meat (1942)
 The Wild Flag (1943)
Stuart Little (1945)
Here Is New York
Charlotte's Web (1952)
The Second Tree from the Corner (1954)
The Elements of Style (with William Strunk, Jr.) (1959)
The Points of My Compass (1962)
The Trumpet of the Swan (1970)
Letters of E. B. White (1976)
Essays of E. B. White (1977)
Poems and Sketches of E. B. White (1981)

Unit Study

This novel-study resource contains a whopping 37 student page guide to use with the book "Stuart Little" by E.B. White. Do you want a literature guide for a story about an adventurous little mouse with a big thrill for life? Then this is the book guide for you.

Movie Tie-in

 Stuart Little (1999) The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants to be rid of him.
Stuart Little 2 (2002) Stuart and Snowbell set out across town to rescue a friend.

Available for Purchase
Stuart Little: Novel (Amazon)
Stuart Little: Movie (Amazon)
Stuart Little 2: Movie (Amazon)