Sunday, April 12, is D.E.A.R. Drop Everything And Read Day, a fun, literacy-focused day tied to a beloved author, Beverly ...

"I think children want to read about normal, everyday kids," Cleary told NPR in 1999. "... I think children like to find themselves in books." Children's Author Beverly Cleary, Creator Of Ramona ...

Hold onto your hats as you follow the latest breathless adventure of the world’s most animated elementary school student. Ramona, the exasperating but lovable third-grader, has delighted young readers ...

Every little sister who's ever tormented her big sister by, say ... baking a rubber doll into her birthday cake (or relished reading about Ramona Quimby doing it), rejoice -- your favorite ...

Beloved children's author Beverly Cleary is hitting a milestone on Friday. She's turning 103. As a young girl, Cleary lived on a farm in a town with no library, so her mom arranged for a small library ...

Ramona and Beezus, director Elizabeth Allen’s big-screen mashup of Beverly Cleary’s series of books about the most beguiling young pest in Portland, Ore., looks like a detergent commercial. It’s all ...

NEW YORK - Beverly Cleary, a beloved children’s book author who brought characters like Henry Huggins, Ramona and Beezus Quimby to life, has died. She was 104. HarperCollins Children’s Books confirmed ...

Part of Cleary’s popular Ramona Quimby series, this Newbery Honor Book depicts 7-year-old Ramona dealing with her father’s job loss and its effects on the Quimby family.

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Ramona Quimby changed my life – and she wasn’t even a real person ...