![]() ![]() A town that was so small it didn’t have a public library. Cleary lived on a farm in Yamhill, Oregon. ![]() "I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives." Beverly ClearyĪs a child Ms. I'm going to credit that little box set and Beverly Cleary as sparking my love of reading and books, and I know that I am not the only one who does. I instantly related with Ramona's feelings about her working mother, a parent that smoked cigarettes and was trying to quit and I actually attempted to wear my pajamas to school underneath my clothes, just as Ramona did. Ramona became a fast friend and reading all her stories was not work at all. ![]() I'm not sure I even realized that I was reading them out of proper order. I loved the cover art on Ramona and her Father and so I was inspired to read it first. I loved to hear stories but it was still work to read the longer chapter books. ![]() I think it was the first time I had ever even seen a box set of books! I also remember a bit of anxiety in getting 3 chapter books. I have a very vivid memory of getting 3 Ramona books in a box set for my birthday. “Quite often somebody will say, what year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.” - Beverly Cleary ![]()
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