Ramona and Her Mother

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Author(s):

Beverly Cleary

First Pub:

1979

Genre(s):

Children's Book

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Internal ID:

404

Series:

<- Ramona and Her Father - Ramona Quimby, Age 8 ->

Ramona Quimby*

#5 of 8

Ramona Quimby*

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1) Beezus and Ramona
2) Ramona the Pest
3) Ramona the Brave
4) Ramona and Her Father
5) Ramona and Her Mother
6) Ramona Quimby, Age 8
7) Ramona Forever
8) Ramona's World

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Added: 20-May-2003

Last Updated: 08-Apr-2020

Publications

01-Sep-1990

HarperTrophy

Date Issued:

01-Sep-1990

Pages*:

224

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

288

Publisher:

HarperTrophy

ISBN:

0-380-70952-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-380-70952-6

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Beverly Cleary has given books to each member of the Quimby household except Mrs. Quimby. Now she gets her turn at last in a story that hits the high and low points of a working mother's life as seen from Ramona's seven-and-a-half-year-old viewpoint.

Inevitably domestic tensions, not without their amusing side, occasionally arise. Mr. and Mrs. Quimby sometimes forget who is to do what, as when the Crock-Pot is not plugged in and dinner remains uncooked. Beezus acquires a ludicrous teased hairdo at the student body shop while Ramona gets a becoming pixie haircut. Ramona, who feels unloved, takes to twitching her nose like a rabbit in a cozy picture book until her teacher becomes concerned that something is making her nervous.

Yet Ramona is wrong. She is loved, and readers will rejoice with her when she discovers the wonderful truth. Few writers today are as skilled as Mrs. Cleary at showing families in the round, and here she is at the peak of her powers.

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Author(s)

Beverly Cleary
Birth: 12 Apr 1916 McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Death: 25 Mar 2021 Carmel, California, USA

Notes:

From http://www.beverlycleary.com/beverlycleary/index.html

Beverly Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the 1984 John Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw, for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children in 1983. Her Ramona and Her Father, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8, were named 1978 and 1982 Newbery Honor Books, respectively. Among Mrs. Cleary's other awards are the American Library Association's 1975 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Catholic Library Association's 1980 Regina Medal, and the University of Southern Mississippi's 1982 Silver Medallion, all presented in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. In addition, Mrs. Cleary was the 1984 United States author nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, a prestigious international award. Equally important are the more than 35 statewide awards Mrs. Cleary's books have received based on the direct votes of her young readers. The Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children, featuring bronze statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy, recently opened in Portland, Oregon.

Mrs. Cleary's books appear in over twenty countries in fourteen languages and her characters, including Henry Huggins, Ellen Tebbits, Otis Spofford, and Beezus and Ramona Quimby, as well as Ribsy, Socks, and Ralph S. Mouse, have delighted children for generations. There have been Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish television programs based on the Henry Huggins series. PBS-TV aired a ten-part series based on the Ramona stories. One-hour adaptations of the three Ralph S. Mouse books have been shown on ABC-TV. All of Mrs. Cleary's adaptations still can be seen on cable television, and the Ramona adaptations are available in video stores. This witty and warm author is truly an international favorite.

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