The Trouble with Ramona and Beezus

by Beverly Cleary

Four fantastic books about these much-loved sisters in one bumper edition

Big sister, Beezus, tries very hard to be patient with Ramona, but how many nine-year-olds have to put up with their embarrassing, annoying little sister? Sisters are supposed to love each other, but pesky Ramona doesn't seem very lovable to Beezus.

The Trouble with Beezus and Ramona contains the first four Beezus and Ramona books in one edition.

Genres: Childrens

480 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 2010

About the author

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 librarian. Cleary won the 1981 National Book Award for Ramona and Her Mother and the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. For her lifetime contributions to American literature, she received the National Medal of Arts, recognition as a Library of Congress Living Legend, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the Association for Library Service to Children. The Beverly Cleary School, a public school in Portland, was named after her, and several statues of her most famous characters were erected in Grant Park in 1995. Cleary died on March 25, 2021, at the age of 104.

Reviews

[Eileen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the Ramona books when I was ten to twelve years old, and it was a joy to re-read them again thirty years later! As the first book is told from Beezus' viewpoint, you can empathise with her on having such a mischevous younger sister, and how she can swing from loving to wanting to kill Ramona from day to day. The other books, however, are from Ramona's viewpoint, and now you can understand more why she does the things she do. Some of the situations she somehow landed up in are hilarious - getting her shiny new red boots stuck in mud, or becoming a kindergarten dropout!

[Cara Hallinan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a story about 2 sisters, the older one thinks the younger one is a pest and is very annoying. Each story is an adventure that Ramona Quimby has.