Beverly Cleary, beloved children's book writer, dies at age 104
- kelliebooksblog
- Mar 29, 2021
- 1 min read
Thanks to Michele, whose childhood was full of Cleary characters, for sending me this news today.
Cleary didn't like the books she read as a child so decided to do something about it and write the stories she could believe in.
Has anyone else read her books? What's your favorite?
Read about Beverly Cleary here:
I read Beverly Cleary when I was a kid, and I confess to having a rather large bin of her books in my classroom that I finally passed onto a lower grade. Like Yvonne, I was also annoyed by Ramona when I read the books as an older sibling, but I have actually had several students who remind me of Ramona and have really endeared themselves to me. I wonder if anyone has read Dear Mr. Henshaw, which I discovered later and read as an adult? I'd be interested in opinions about that one!
I remember reading Beverly Cleary when I was a kid--my favorites were Henry Huggins and Ribsy. I also remember reading Beezus and Ramona and being super-annoyed with Ramona (maybe it was an older sibling thing😂) and so I never read any of the Ramona books.
I tried to read Socks and Ramona the Pest to Laura when she was little, but we were both a bit bored (I'm not sure the books have aged well, plus I was really peeved at how the Brickers treated Socks once the baby came along😡)