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The following characters appear in the novel: Ramona Quimby, Beezus and Roberta's 9-year-old sister, and protagonist of the story; Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby, Ramona and Roberta's 14-year-old sister; Dorothy Quimby, Ramona's mother; Robert Quimby, Ramona's father; Daisy Kidd, a girl who is new to the neighborhood, who soon becomes Ramona's best ...
This children's book chronicles the adventures of Ramona's first few months at kindergarten. The book's title is derived from the characterization of Ramona as a "pest" by many, including her older sister Beatrice, known as "Beezus." Ramona the Pest was first published in 1968 and featured illustrations by Louis Darling.
Throughout the chapter, Allison returns favors to each teacher she meets (lending a book to the librarian, giving food to the lunch lady Miss Mush, and returning a ball to Louis). At the end of the chapter, she helps Mrs. Jewls with an arithmetic problem (spelling the word "chair"), and in return, Mrs. Jewls reveals a secret: students are ...
Fun With Dick and Jane. Dick and Jane are the two protagonists created by Zerna Sharp for a series of basal readers written by William S. Gray to teach children to read. The characters first appeared in the Elson-Gray Readers in 1930 and continued in a subsequent series of books through the final version in 1965.
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Nora Rose Rowley: The main character of the story and secretive genius. Her appearance is described as being short with reddish-blond hair. Researching is her favorite hobby. She was so intelligent by kindergarten that she taught herself to understand Spanish by watching the Univision channel and also to read National Geographic at 2 and a half.
The protagonist of the book is Steven Alper, a 13-year-old boy living in New Jersey.The Alper family consists of Dad, an accountant; Mom, an English teacher; Steven, an enthusiastic and talented drummer who is also a self-described "skinny geek;" and Jeffrey, eight years younger, whom Steven describes as cute, adoring of his big brother, and apt to blurt out really embarrassing remarks about ...
Talk about slut-shaming. Compare this with a published story that's thematically similar to "Rapunzel," but published in Italy in 1634, and the Grimms' squeamishness is thrown into high relief. In Giambattista Basile's "Petrosinella," the long-locked princess winks at her suitor, and it's acknowledged that the two are "making love" long before ...