NEW YORK (AP) — Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children’s author whose memories of her Oregon childhood were shared with millions through the likes of Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins, has ...

She was just a little girl, barely old enough to go to school, when she left town. Yet author Beverly Cleary spent most of the next 100 years proving that children — especially little girls — can make ...

The former Berkeley home of beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary has been listed for $1.849 million. The former Berkeley home of children’s author Beverly Cleary has been listed for $1.849 million ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Vandals defaced two statues in Grant Park dedicated to Portland-raised author Beverly Cleary. The bronze statues of Cleary’s beloved characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins were ...

Rolling on Klickitat, a street that played a central role in Cleary’s books even before it became a popular bikeway. When children’s book author Beverly Cleary passed away earlier this year at the age ...

“Now, Ramona.” Mrs. Quimby’s voice was gentle. “You must try to grow up.” Ramona raised her voice. “What do you think I’m doing?” -Ramona the Brave “God DAMN it. Everybody dying.” With these words ...

In the winter of 2019, a family traveled on a literary pilgrimage to the Oregon city that left its mark on the celebrated author’s imagination. By Ann Mah Fifteen months ago I traveled to Portland, ...

Rattling through Beverly Cleary’s books in elementary school, I never connected with Beezus and Ramona Quimby, the sisters who became her most popular characters, but I felt an instant rapport with ...

In a 2011 Atlantic interview, Beverly Cleary shared what she believed to be the reason for her popularity: “I have stayed true to my own memories of childhood, which are not different in many ways ...

The beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary, when describing the protagonist in her “Ramona” series, once called her imaginative, curious and funny. “All things I think are great for children to be,” ...

I spent the weekend after Beverly Cleary’s death scrolling through social media, reading the numerous testimonials to her from celebrated writers for children. It’s been a week now since she died, ...

In third grade, I wanted to be a mouse. Not a timid mouse. Not a quiet mouse. And certainly not Mickey Mouse. No, I wanted to be Ralph, the mouse with the motorcycle. In the many appreciations of ...