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Beverly Cleary has died

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Re: Beverly Cleary has died

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Post by bsenftner »

bentcorner wrote: post #28
byset wrote: post #23

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Oh man, Ralph S. Mouse! How I loved that book, I'd forgotten that Beverly Cleary had written it.

As a child I read "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" countless times over. A forgotten part of my childhood right there.

I remember "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" well. That specific book started me on a life long reading journey. My elementary had a reading contest every year, and by the middle of 3rd grade I'd read everything Beverly Clearly wrote. Decades later reading them again to a niece, the memories were so strong I could put down the book and quote dialog exchanges from triggered memory. Damn she was a great writer.

Re: Beverly Cleary has died

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Post by jimbob45 »

mimixco wrote: post #44
lr4444lr wrote: post #20

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Because a lot of people are soothed by empathy, even as children.

The original comment is right. Cleary's books do often speak about children (and with children's voices) in a very adult manner. So do Roald Dahl's. For me this was fascinating as a kid, to see how we were viewed by adults and, wanting to be an adult, to see how that was viewed.

That’s a solid point. Who’s to say that I did or didn’t benefit from the viewpoint of the books?

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Post by cko »

jayski wrote: post #4
linguae wrote: post #2

Reading 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

Also the Dawnzer lee light.

I immigrated to the US at age 5, and I learned English through a combination of Beverly Clearly books (and Babysitters Club despite being male) and PBS channels.

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Post by redis_mlc »

> The books sold more than 85 million copies

Wow, that is impressive. Like Jon Bon Jovi says, "If you haven't sold 60 million albums, don't tell me anything."

Jon's wife tells their kids when they get silly, "Your father is famous. You're not."

Re: Beverly Cleary has died

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Post by dang »

wrongdonf wrote: post #33
jgwil2 wrote: post #32

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With respect, you are the one in violation of the guidelines: > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it.

The guidelines are bullshit. They are only enforced when a post is unpopular. By the way, replying to a comment by repeating its central motif is the most retarded, autistic, Reddit-power-user shit in the world. It makes you look like an idiot

> the most retarded, autistic, Reddit-power-user shit in the world. It makes you look like an idiot

Bullshit or not, you can't break the guidelines like this. I've banned the account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.

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