Beverly Cleary has died
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Beverly Cleary has died
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#2Reading her books was one of the best parts about my childhood. I read my first Ramona book when I was in third grade (though I forgot the specific book). I feel in love with characters like Ramona, Beezus, and Henry, and I ended up reading every book in the Henry/Beezus/Ramona series that was published at the time (which ended at Ramona Forever, though there's another book, Ramona's World, that was published after I outgrew the series). Though I haven't touched a Ramona book in about 22 years, I still vividly remember the characters and the Alan Tiegreen illustrations. Beverly Cleary also wrote another series of books that I love featuring a hotel-dwelling mouse named Ralph that was given a toy motorcycle. I still have my copies of "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" and "Ralph S. Mouse" somewhere.
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#3I really enjoyed her books when I was a kid. I'm male but I really loved the Ramona and Beezus books. The male version (Henry Huggins?) was no where near as fun as Ramona and Beezus books. Those books, Judy Blume books, Roald Dahl books (Danny, Champion of the World) and C.S. Lewis books formed the basis of most of my reading for a few good years.
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#4Reading her books was one of the best parts about my childhood. I read my first Ramona book when I was in third grade (though I forgot the specific book). I feel in love with characters like Ramona, Beezus, and Henry, and I ended up reading every book in the Henry/Beezus/Ramona series that was published at the time (which ended at Ramona Forever, though there's another book, Ramona's World, that was published after I…
my favorite character is still Nosmo King
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#5Suggestion for a popup/paywall-free alternative link: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/311881785/beverly-cleary-crea...
(Currently the story points to the Washington Post.)
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#6I really enjoyed her books when I was a kid. I'm male but I really loved the Ramona and Beezus books. The male version (Henry Huggins?) was no where near as fun as Ramona and Beezus books. Those books, Judy Blume books, Roald Dahl books (Danny, Champion of the World) and C.S. Lewis books formed the basis of most of my reading for a few good years.
The first chapter-book I remember reading was one of the Ralph S. Mouse books, Motorcycle Mouse. I have fond memories of those times and I have since read them to my kids.
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#7I really enjoyed her books when I was a kid. I'm male but I really loved the Ramona and Beezus books. The male version (Henry Huggins?) was no where near as fun as Ramona and Beezus books. Those books, Judy Blume books, Roald Dahl books (Danny, Champion of the World) and C.S. Lewis books formed the basis of most of my reading for a few good years.
Did you ever read Otis Spofford? Quite a different character than Henry, closer to Ramona in being misunderstood, picked on and lashing out in turn. Pairs well with Ellen Tebbits, similar to Beezus’ perspective in that Otis annoys her but she has her own problems with friendships.
In general I think it’s a misunderstanding to see her boy characters as only intended to he understood and appreciated by boys; same for the girls.
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#8Oh say can you see, by the Dawnzer Lee light!
Lots of good childhood memories. RIP, Bev.
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#10Oh say can you see, by the Dawnzer Lee light! Lots of good childhood memories. RIP, Bev.
This was quite confusing to me as an immigrant kid who did not know the reference. These books were great!