Several television programs have been produced from the Henry Huggins and Ramona stories. Some of her best-known titles are Ellen Tebbits (1951), Henry and the Paper Route (1957), Runaway Ralph (1970), and Dear Mr. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and are available in over twenty countries. Her stories and especially her characters, Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, have proven popular with young readers. Her first book, Henry Huggins, was published in 1950. She worked for a short time as Children's Librarian in Yakima, Washington, before moving to California.Ĭleary began her writing career in her early thirties. in library science, was bestowed by the University of Washington in Seattle in 1939. in 1938 from the University of California at Berkeley. 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.Ĭleary attended Chaffey Junior College in Ontario, Ca. Ironically, this internationally known author of children's books struggled to learn how to read when she entered school. Her family lived on a small farm in McMinnville, Oregon, before moving to Portland. Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 64701 KB).īeverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916.

Can't she be her mother's little girl forever?ġ online resource (2 audio files) : digital These days, all Ramona really wants is to twitch her nose and be her mother's little rabbit like she used to be. Ramona feels this is the awkward age - too little to stay by herself after school when her mother is at work, but too big to enjoy playing with pesty Willa Jean at her sitter's house.

Ramona and her mother book