American - Author | April 12, 1916 -
People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her.
Beverly Cleary
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I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.
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Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.
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I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them.
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We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.
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Children want to do what grownups do.
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One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since.
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I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
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With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.
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People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.
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I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.
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I was a librarian.
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