Beverly Cleary (born Beverly Atlee Bunn on April 12, 1916) is an American author from Oregon. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before starting to write children's books. Cleary has written over 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice ("Beezus") Quimby, her sister Ramona, and Ralph S. Mouse. She won the Newbery Medal for her book Dear M...
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Beverly Cleary (born Beverly Atlee Bunn on April 12, 1916) is an American author from Oregon. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before starting to write children's books. Cleary has written over 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice ("Beezus") Quimby, her sister Ramona, and Ralph S. Mouse. She won the Newbery Medal for her book Dear Mr. Henshaw in 1984. She has won many medals for best children's books.
Beverly Cleary was born in McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon. She was raised on a farm in McMinnville, and grew up in Yamhill, with no local access to a library. Beverly’s mother felt that this was a disadvantage for the students at the small farm school, and she made arrangements to have books sent there from the State Library. As a result, Beverly grew to love books.
When Beverly was six years old, her family left the farm and moved to Portland, Oregon, where she...
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