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Beverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916. Her family lived on a small farm in McMinnville, Oregon, before moving to Portland. Ironically, this internationally known author of children's books struggled to learn how to read when she entered school. Before long however Cleary had learned to love books, and as a child she spent a good deal of her time in the public library. Cleary attended Chaffey Junior College in Ontario, Ca. and went on to earned her first B.A. in 1938 from the University of California at Berkeley. Her second degree, a B.A. in library science, was bestowed by the University of Washington in Seattle in 1939. She worked for a short time as Children's Librarian in Yakima, Washington, before moving to California. Cleary began her writing career in her early thirties. Her first book, Henry Huggins, was published in 1950. Her stories and especially her characters, Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, have proven popular with young readers. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and are available in over twenty countries. Some of her best-known titles are Ellen Tebbits (1951), Henry and the Paper Route (1957), Runaway Ralph (1970), and Dear Mr. Henshaw (1983). Several television programs have been produced from the Henry Huggins and Ramona stories. She also wrote two memoirs, A Girl from Yamhill (1988) and My Own Two Feet (1995). Cleary has won many awards for her contributions to children's literature, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in 1975, the Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal in 1980, the John Newbery Medal in 1984 and the National Medal of Arts in 2003. Beverly Cleary died on March 25, 2021 in Carmel, California. She was 104 year old. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Mouse and the Motorcycle… (more)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle 10,005 copies, 115 reviews
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 8,787 copies, 115 reviews
Dear Mr. Henshaw 7,688 copies, 148 reviews
Ramona the Pest 7,354 copies, 108 reviews
Ralph S. Mouse 6,794 copies, 34 reviews
Beezus and Ramona 6,649 copies, 109 reviews
Ramona and Her Father 6,448 copies, 66 reviews
Runaway Ralph 5,973 copies, 27 reviews
Ramona the Brave 5,598 copies, 47 reviews
Henry Huggins 5,212 copies, 38 reviews
Ramona and Her Mother 5,001 copies, 40 reviews
Ramona Forever 4,980 copies, 39 reviews
Socks 4,258 copies, 30 reviews
Henry and Ribsy 3,682 copies, 23 reviews
Ribsy 3,414 copies, 12 reviews
Ramona's World 2,925 copies, 33 reviews
Muggie Maggie 2,837 copies, 26 reviews
Henry and Beezus 2,815 copies, 22 reviews
Strider 2,521 copies, 14 reviews
Ellen Tebbits 2,375 copies, 28 reviews
Emily's Runaway Imagination 2,367 copies, 21 reviews
Henry and the Paper Route 2,322 copies, 18 reviews
Henry and the Clubhouse 2,251 copies, 15 reviews
Otis Spofford 1,462 copies, 12 reviews
Mitch and Amy 1,182 copies, 7 reviews
Fifteen 825 copies, 21 reviews
A Girl From Yamhill: A Memoir 792 copies, 14 reviews
Two Times the Fun 672 copies, 15 reviews
The Luckiest Girl 652 copies, 13 reviews
Sister of the Bride 522 copies, 10 reviews
Jean and Johnny 454 copies, 8 reviews
My Own Two Feet: A Memoir 353 copies, 10 reviews
It's Great To Be Eight 261 copies, 1 review
Two Dog Biscuits 187 copies, 5 reviews
The Real Hole (Author) 182 copies, 15 reviews
The Growing-Up Feet 127 copies, 1 review
Janet's Thingamajigs 124 copies, 4 reviews
The Hullabaloo ABC 89 copies, 4 reviews
Lucky Chuck 69 copies, 3 reviews
Petey's Bedtime Story 60 copies, 3 reviews
Here's Beaver! 17 copies
Socks 1 copy
Heidi (Foreword, some editions) 10,968 copies, 142 reviews
A Newbery Halloween (Contributor) 411 copies, 3 reviews
School's In! (Contributor) 332 copies, 2 reviews
It's Heaven To Be Seven (Contributor) 189 copies, 2 reviews
It's Fine To Be Nine (Contributor) 116 copies
Ramona and Beezus [2010 film] (Original book) 104 copies, 1 review
Best in Children's Books 35 65 copies, 1 review
It's Terrific to Be Ten (Contributor) 48 copies, 2 reviews

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