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Cleary, Beverly,

1916–, American children's books author, b. McMinnville, Ore. as Beverly Atlee Bunn. She began her career as a children's librarian and realized the need for books about the lives of ordinary children. Drawing on her own childhood, she wrote Henry Huggins (1950), her first book, followed by 40 other novels for children. Best known are the 14 books she wrote about Henry, his dog Ribsy, his friend Beezuz, and her sister, the irrepressible Ramona. With their timeless quality and gentle humor, her books have been enormously popular, and she has won many awards including the Newbery and Laura Ingalls Wilder medals, the National Medal of Art, and the Library of Congress's Living Legend award.

Bibliography

See her memoirs, A Girl from Yamhill (1988) and My Own Two Feet (1995); studies by P. Pflieger (1991) and J. Kelly (1996).

Cleary, Beverly (b. Bunn)

(1916– ) writer; born in McMinnville, Ore. She graduated from the University of California: Berkeley (1938), worked as a librarian (1939–45), and settled in Carmel, Calif. She is known for her popular children's books, such as Henry Huggins (1950) and Ramona the Pest (1968).

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I like these authors: Erin Hunter, Beverly Cleary, Ted Naifeh, and Nathan Hale.

Kids corner

I definitely pulled some middle-schooler all-nighters reading Beverly Cleary under the covers--and in the closet.

Kids love this book: Tim FederLe's latest young adult book is an instant LGBT classic

And not bad for Beverly Cleary, the beloved author of the Ramona books, the Henry Huggins books, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, and the Newbery Award-winning Dear Mr.

Cleary and art of the possible

I grew up reading The Princess Diaries Series making Meg Cabot a favorite of mine, alongside Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary.

Of small guilty pleasures

Favorite Book Nominations - Kids and teens may visit any Eugene Public Library location to vote for their favorite books for the Oregon Reader's Choice Award and Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award; to see this year's nominees, visit library or www.

COMMUNITY

Past recipients include such authors as Ezra Jack Keats, Beverly Cleary, Eric Carle, Judy Blume, and Jon Scieszka.

Celebrating children's literature

The date was selected in honor of beloved children 's author Beverly Cleary who referred to the event in her book, Ramona Quimby, Age 8.

April is drop everything and read month

Right now I'm enjoying all this as the Beverly Cleary Professor for Children and Youth Services at the University of Washington Information School in Seattle-and like Pam [Spencer Holley] and Diane [Tuccillo]--as a founding member of the VOYA board.

Eliza T. Dresang

Ramona, the exasperating but lovable third-grader, has delighted young readers for over 50 years through the books of Newbery Medal-winning writer Beverly Cleary.

The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College (N.J.) will present Two Beans Productions' "Ramona Quimby" on Jan 27

Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary are authors whose books for children have endured the test of time.

Christmas gifts for young readers

She describes herself as the kind of kid who both read everything she could and spent her free time writing away to humanitarian causes but also liked tools and drove a truck in the woods near her homea self-possessed young girl in the mold of Ramona Quimby, the Beverly Cleary character.

Truman Doctrine

Elsewhere, "Judy Moody" is the latest in a string of underperforming literary adaptations aimed at young girls, including last summer's Beverly Cleary adaptation "Ramona and Beezus" and a 2007 adaptation of the Nancy Drew books.