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Stuart Little is a 1945 American children's novel by E. B. White.[1] It was White's first children's book, and became recognized as a classic in children's literature. Stuart Little was illustrated by the artist Garth Williams, also his first work for children.

The book is a realistic yet fantastical story about a mouse-like human boy named Stuart Little. According to the first chapter, he looked very much like a mouse in every way.

In a letter White wrote in response to inquiries from readers, he described how he came to conceive of Stuart Little: "Many years ago, I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a rat. That's how the story of Stuart Little got started".[2] He had the dream in the spring of 1926, while sleeping on a train on his way back to New York from a visit to the Shenandoah Valley.[3](p 145) As Sims (2011) wrote that Stuart "arrived in [White's] mind in a direct shipment from the subconscious."[3](p 145)

White typed up a few stories about Stuart, which he told to his 18 nieces and nephews when they asked him to tell them a story. In 1935, White's wife Katharine showed these stories to Clarence Day, then a regular contributor to The New Yorker. Day liked the stories and encouraged White not to neglect them, but neither Oxford University Press nor Viking Press was interested in the stories,[4](p 254) and White did not immediately develop them further.[3](p 146)

In the fall of 1938, as his wife wrote her annual collection of children's book reviews for The New Yorker, White wrote a few paragraphs in his "One Man's Meat" column in Harper's Magazine about writing children's books.[4](p 254) Anne Carroll Moore, the head children's librarian at the New York Public Library, read this column and responded by encouraging him to write a children's book that would "make the library lions roar".[4](p 254)

White's editor at Harper, who had heard about the Stuart stories from Katherine, asked to see them, and by March 1939 was intent on publishing them. Around that time, White wrote to James Thurber that he was "about half done" with the book; however, he did not finish it until the winter of 1944–1945.

Actress Julie Harris narrated an unabridged adaptation on LP in two volumes for Pathways of Sound (POS 1036 and 1037). The complete recording was later released on audio cassette by Bantam Audio and on CD by Listening Library.

Films

Main article: Stuart Little (franchise)

The book was very loosely adapted into a 1999 film of the same name, which combines live-action with computer animation. In the film, Stuart is adopted instead of born into the Little family. Margalo is absent, with the plot instead focusing on Stuart's search for his real parents, later revealed to have died years ago, and Snowbell's attempt to get rid of him. The 2002 sequel Stuart Little 2 features Margalo and more closely follows the plot of the book, albeit with the inclusion of an evil falcon who holds Margalo captive. A third film, Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild was released direct-to-video in 2006. This film is entirely computer-animated, with its plot not derived from the book. None of the films include the subplot of Stuart being a one-time substitute teacher in a schoolhouse.

All three films feature Hugh Laurie as Mr. Little, Geena Davis as Mrs. Little, and Michael J. Fox as the voice of Stuart Little.

In 2015, it was announced that a remake of Stuart Little is in the works at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Red Wagon Entertainment. The movie will remain hybrid live-action / computer animation. Douglas Wick, the producer of the original films, will produce the remake.[9]

Television

"The World of Stuart Little", a 1966 episode of NBC's Children's Theater, narrated by Johnny Carson,[10] won a Peabody Award and was nominated for an Emmy. An animated television series, Stuart Little: The Animated Series (based on the film adaptations) was produced for HBO Family and aired for 13 episodes in 2003.

Video games

Four video games based on the film adaptations have been produced. Stuart Little: Big City Adventures, released for Microsoft Windows in 1999, is based on the 1999 film. Stuart Little: The Journey Home, which was released only for the Game Boy Color in 2001, is also based on the 1999 film. A game based on Stuart Little 2 was released for the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and Microsoft Windows in 2002. A fourth game, entitled Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure, was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 in 2005.