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Runaway Ralph is the second in a children's novel trilogy that was written by Beverly Cleary. [1] First published in 1970, it is the last book by Cleary that Louis Darling illustrated before his death. [2] The book features the titular character, Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse that can talk to humans, and goes on adventures on his miniature ...
Ralph S. Mouse is the third in a children's novel trilogy that was written by Beverly Cleary. It features Ralph, a mouse with the ability to speak, but only with certain people who tend to be loners. It was first published in 1982, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. [1] A film adaptation was broadcast in the ABC Weekend Special series in 1991.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling and published in 1965. [1] It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run ...
Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916 – March 25, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction.One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. [2]
In 1955 Cleary wrote Beezus and Ramona, the first book to center on the Quimby sisters. She focused on them again in 1968's Ramona the Pest, and eventually released eight books in the Ramona series. [5] Beezus and Ramona is the only book written from Beezus's point of view, though she remains an important character throughout. The rest of the ...
Critics appreciated Cleary's humor, characterization and realistic plot, as seen in this review. "Beverly Cleary continues to provide a measure of relief from the suffocating flood of books about unreal talking animals and stock characters in the way of dogs and ponies and horses -- for her cast of characters can be matched in any average town and recognized as the children `round the block...
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Ramona's World is the eighth and final book in the Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary. Ramona and her sister Beezus are growing up. Ramona is in the fourth grade now, and for the first time she has a best girl-friend, Daisy Kidd.