Forget-Me-Not Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 https://apnews.com/article/beverly-cleary-dead-c3923a8fbbcd461a10ea615c7d1300a9 104 yrs old! Ramona was a favorite of mine. I don’t know how many times over I read those books. 1 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 She was such a gifted writer; I felt like she knew exactly how I felt. When I was 10, I decided to read every Beverly Cleary book in order that they appeared on the library shelf. But Ramona books were my absolute favorite. RIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Aww that is so sad. Glad she had such a long life. I loved her books and so do my kids. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I really really feel sadness over this. My dd19 and I were just talking about her last week after she reread the Ramona books (yes, at 19, rereading those books) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I've read the Ramona books dozens of times and so has my daughter. Beverly Cleary was largely responsible for my love of reading as a child. RIP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I love all her books, and her memoirs are two of my most favorite books ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoraBora Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 28 minutes ago, Selkie said: I love all her books, and her memoirs are two of my most favorite books ever. Yes, I loved reading both A Girl from Yamhill and My Own Two Feet. It was fun to see how much of her own life ended up in her books. My favorite of her fictional books was The Luckiest Girl. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 What a legacy she left!! ♥♥♥ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 What an impressive life she had! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I loved her books as a child, and my kids loved them too! What an amazing legacy she leaves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I feel sad seeing this, I didn’t realise she was so old. The mouse and the motorcycle was one of my favourite books as a kid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoraBora Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, Ausmumof3 said: I feel sad seeing this, I didn’t realise she was so old. The mouse and the motorcycle was one of my favourite books as a kid. In her first memoir, she wrote about an early memory of hearing all the church bells in her town ringing at one time. She said that, years later, she asked her mother what had happened that day. Her mother told her it was the end of the First World War. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I was a great fan and consumed her books in childhood. RIP Beverly Cleary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Aw, man. What a fabulous heart she had. I love rereading her books with my kids; ds9 just took Henry and the Paper Route to bed with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 I was introduced to Ramona the Pest by one of my favorite teachers of all time, Mrs. Logan, in second grade. God bless her for reading those books to us. Also for end-of-the-day circle time and for the warm-fuzzies stories (literally stories about creatures called warm fuzzies) and for being the lovely human being she was. I will forever associate her and Beverly Cleary and Mr. Rogers all together in my heart. My personal favorite as a kid was Ellen Tebbits. Both of my kids loved Beverly Cleary, but my son in particular found a kindred spirit in Otis Spofford. Absolutely LOVED that character. Also feel in love with Henry and Ribsy. My daughter, true to form, adored Emily's Runaway Imagination. What a treasure! May Beverly Cleary rest in peace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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