![]() Cleary's imagination is almost as lively as Ramona's. NEW YORK Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children’s author whose memories of her Oregon childhood were shared with millions through the likes of Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins, has died. The riot that ensues is probably the most hilarious episode in this extremely funny book, which proves that Mrs. Starting with a fairly mild encounter with the librarian, which is harder on Beezus than anyone else, Ramona goes from strength to strength, winding up by inviting her entire kindergarten class to a part at her home without mentioning it to her mother. In this book Ramona and her imagination really come into their own. as aspiring paperboy Henry Huggins, his best friend Beezus Quimby. She simply has more imagination than is healthy for any one person. Henry and Ramona is a slice of life collage of community, childhood, and friendship. ![]() It is not that Ramona deliberately sets out to make trouble for other people. Readers of the earlier books will remember that Ramona has always been a menace to Beezus, her older sister, to Henry, and to his dog Ribsy. She is also far and away the most deadly. ![]() Cleary's wonderful Henry Huggins stories. Ramona Quimby is the youngest of all the famous characters in Mrs. ![]()
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