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I know that when I was a children's librarian, that was about 1940, boys particularly asked where were the books about kids like us, and there weren't any at that time.

~Beverly Cleary

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I don't think children themselves have changed that much. It's the world that has changed.

~Beverly Cleary

Topics: Changed Children Much Themselves Think World

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I'm just lucky. I do have very clear memories of childhood. I find that many people don't, but I'm just very fortunate that I have that kind of memory.

~Beverly Cleary

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'Dear Mr. Henshaw' came about because two different boys from different parts of the country asked me to write a book about a boy whose parents were divorced, and so I wrote 'Dear Mr. Henshaw,' and it won the Newbery, and I was - it's been very popular.

~Beverly Cleary

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I longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood.

~Beverly Cleary

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I wrote books to entertain. I'm not trying to teach anything! If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be a better behaved girl, I shut the book.

~Beverly Cleary

Topics: Anything Author Behaved Better Book Books Entertain Girl How Me Show Shut Suspected Teach Trying Wrote

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I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems.

~Beverly Cleary

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Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite.

~Beverly Cleary

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Over the years, I have been approached about making Ramona into a cartoon or movie, but I was afraid that no one could really capture the spunky character of Ramona.

~Beverly Cleary

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Ramona was originally an accidental character I added to the Henry Huggins books because I noticed that none of the characters had siblings. I added Ramona as Beazus' pestering little sister.

~Beverly Cleary

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 12th, 1916

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