Ramona the Pest (1968) - Ramona is in kindergarten. This is more of a bridge between the earlier Henry Huggins series and Ramona's own, as Beezus never actually had her own series but was a character in Henry's. Beezus and Ramona (1955) - Ramona is in preschool, and the story is mostly about Beezus, who is turning nine. on PBS.Ī movie, titled Ramona and Beezus, starring Selena Gomez as Beezus and Joey King as Ramona, was made in 2010. The series, comprising ten episodes and aired over four months in 1988-89, first aired on CHCH, an independent TV station in Hamilton, Ontario, and then nationwide on CBC and in the U.S. This show emphasizes the light drama found in the books over the light humor, and is most heavily based on Ramona Quimby, Age 8, but with a few episodes drawing on Ramona and Her Mother and Ramona Forever too. The series has been made into a short-lived TV show in Canada, simply called Ramona and starring a young Sarah Polley in the title role. In 2006, new editions of all eight books were published with illustrations by Tracy Dockray, followed in 2013 by new editions with pictures by Jacqueline Rogers. Later editions of the first two books also featured new cover art by Tiegreen. After Darling's death in 1970, Alan Tiegreen took over as illustrator through 1984's Ramona Forever and also drew the cover art for Ramona's World. The first two books in the series were illustrated, as were most of Cleary's books in the 1950s and 1960s, by Louis Darling. Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations.A well-known children's book series by Beverly Cleary about a girl named Ramona Quimby, whose age ranges from 4 to 10 as we see different years of her life. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. 
When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing.
Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors.
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