Series
Summary
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job. Full description
Summary: |
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job. |
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Physical Description: |
186 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Audience: |
Accelerated Reader 5.2. |
Awards: |
Texas Blue Bonnet Award, 1981 Newbery Honor Book, 1978 |
ISBN: |
0688221149 9780688221140 0688321143 9780688321147 9780380709168 0380709163 0440472415 9780440472414 0881032743 9780881032741 |
Author Notes: |
Cleary attended Chaffey Junior College in Ontario, Ca. and went on to earned her first B.A. in 1938 from the University of California at Berkeley. Her second degree, a B.A. in library science, was bestowed by the University of Washington in Seattle in 1939. She worked for a short time as Children's Librarian in Yakima, Washington, before moving to California. Cleary began her writing career in her early thirties. Her first book, Henry Huggins, was published in 1950. Her stories and especially her characters, Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, have proven popular with young readers. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and are available in over twenty countries. Some of her best-known titles are Ellen Tebbits (1951), Henry and the Paper Route (1957), Runaway Ralph (1970), and Dear Mr. Henshaw (1983). Several television programs have been produced from the Henry Huggins and Ramona stories. She also wrote two memoirs, A Girl from Yamhill (1988) and My Own Two Feet (1995). Cleary has won many awards for her contributions to children's literature, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in 1975, the Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal in 1980, the John Newbery Medal in 1984 and the National Medal of Arts in 2003. Beverly Cleary died on March 25, 2021 in Carmel, California. She was 104 year old. (Bowker Author Biography) |