I can see Cleary now, the rain is gone?!......RIP: Beverly Cleary [ children's author ] at 104.......

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......Ramona......etc......


Author Beverly Cleary dies at 104

The famed children's book author, who created characters like Ramona Quimby, died in California, where she lived, her published confirmed Friday.

.....Beverly Cleary, the award-winning children's author whose work has been read by young readers for more than 70 years, has died at 104, her publisher, HarperCollins, said in a statement Friday.

Cleary, whose books helped generations of kids grapple with the challenging issues of childhood, was inspired to answer the question once posed to her by a young boy: "Where are the books about kids like us?"

We are saddened to share that cherished children's book author Beverly Cleary passed away yesterday, March 25, at 104 years old. https://t.co/Ifqu3Hfuxg pic.twitter.com/BXywlKTSac
— HarperCollins (@HarperCollins) March 26, 2021

Cleary was born April 12, 1916 in McMinnville, Oregon. She died Thursday in northern California, where she lived.

After first training as a librarian, Cleary became an author and wrote scores of children's books that were translated into over a dozen languages, popularizing characters like Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins.

She told TODAY that she was proudest of "the fact that children love my books."

Shortly after news of her death broke on Friday, tributes poured in across the internet.

Florida State Representative Anna V. Eskamani said that Cleary's books "are why I first fell in love with reading in second grade, and I’ve been a lifelong reader ever since!"

Beverly Cleary’s books are why I first fell in love with reading in second grade, and I’ve been a lifelong reader ever since! ??

She lived to be 104 years old but we know her stories of Romana Quimby and Ralph the Mouse will live on forever. https://t.co/Kwe5oi4G0V
— Rep. Anna V. Eskamani ???? (@AnnaForFlorida) March 26, 2021

Portland-based bookstore Powell's Books wrote that Cleary was "a Portland hero."

"We are so deeply saddened by this loss and grateful for the the beloved stories she gave us."


RIP...........?!

[Acer]

I think of Henry Higgins' guppies every time I buy fish for my aquarium.

[Ombligo]

Her books gave me the joy of reading, the greatest gift ever.

Henry Huggins, Ramona, Betsy, Ribsy, and the Guppies will always be special to me.

To seven-year-old Ron, you were the greatest author ever; to 59-year-old Ron, you still are.

Thank you Mrs. Cleary.

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One of the first books I remember reading:



Published 1965. I think I read it shortly thereafter.

Ms. Cleary will be missed.

[wurm]

Acer wrote:
I think of Henry Higgins' guppies every time I buy fish for my aquarium.

Oh yeah, that was great! Wasn't he the kid that got the apple stuck in his pocket, too?

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.....thought that Henry Higgins....saved Eliza Doolittle.........