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Beverly Cleary

Born

in McMinnville, Oregon, The United States

April 12, 1916

Died

March 25, 2021

Website

http://www.beverlycleary.com

Genre

Children's

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Beverly Atlee Cleary was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Mouse.
The majority of Cleary's books are set in the Grant Park neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon, where she was raised, and she has been credited as one of the first authors of children's literature to figure emotional realism in the narratives of her characters, often children in middle-class families. Her first children's book was Henry Huggins after a question from a kid when Cleary was a libr ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 919,824 ratings · 31,007 reviews · 279 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 104,716 ratings — published 1955 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, #1) by Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Tracy Dockray (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 91,256 ratings — published 1965 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6) 4.11 avg rating — 73,760 ratings — published 1981 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ramona the Pest (Ramona, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 68,258 ratings — published 1968 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 58,497 ratings — published 1975 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1) by Beverly Cleary, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 42,341 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 35,577 ratings — published 1984 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ramona and Her Father (Ramona, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 32,166 ratings — published 1977 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1) by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 31,317 ratings — published 1950 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ramona and Her Mother (Ramona Quimby, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 28,175 ratings — published 1979 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ramona Quimby (8 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 424,118 ratings

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3.97 avg rating — 126,341 ratings

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4.02 avg rating — 79,444 ratings

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3.80 avg rating — 45,359 ratings

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3.89 avg rating — 12,504 ratings

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