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When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. She eloped with Clarence Cleary whom she met as an undergraduate at the University of California at Berkeley, and the couple had twins, Malcolm and Marianne, in 1955.Ĭleary has also written two memoirs, "A Girl from Yamhill" (1988) and "My Own Two Feet" (1995).īeverly Cleary passed away in March 2021 at the age of 104.Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. Two books in the series were named Newbery Honor books, "Ramona and Her Father" and "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" "Ramona and Her Mother" received the National Book Award. The Henry Huggins series is comprised of six books published from 1950–1964, while the Ramona series is eight books published from 1955–1999. The book featured neighborhood friends Beezus and her little sister Ramona, the Quimby sisters, who would become their own series, starting with "Beezus and Ramona" in 1955.

Struggling to find material that children could relate to she began writing herself, leaving her library job in 1942 to become a full-time writer, and publishing her first book, "Henry Huggins", in 1950.

After graduating from the University of Washington with a Master's in Library Science in 1939 she worked as a children's librarian.

Mouse, have delighted children for generations.īeverly Atlee Bunn was born on April 12, 1916, in McMinnville, Oregon. Her children's book and young adult characters, including Henry Huggins, Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Ellen Tebbits, and Otis Spofford, as well as Ribsy, Socks, and Ralph S.

Beverly Cleary is one of the most successful modern American authors, with over 91 million copies of her books sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950.īeverly Cleary’s books have earned her many prestigious awards, including being named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress.