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Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1)
Beezus and Ramona - Ramona Quimby, Bk 1
Author: Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator)
Beezus Quimby's four-year-old sister, Ramona, is exasperating. Ramona always manages to get her way. Poor Beezus, she must be the only ten-year-old in the world with such a pest for a sister. How can she learn to love and accept this four-year-old terror?
ISBN-13: 9780440406655
ISBN-10: 044040665X
Publication Date: 1979
Pages: 160
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 22 ratings
Publisher: Yearling
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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MarciNYC avatar reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on
Helpful Score: 3
Beezus and Ramona (along with Cleary's other famous character, Henry Huggins) were a mainstay of my childhood reading diet. I picked this up again recently and was amazed at how this book has stood the test of time. Yes, it was written some 50 years ago - but in the end, kids are kids and we all know a Ramona.
StacyJ avatar reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on + 87 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is one of the books that truly turned me into a reader. I think I was about 8 when I first started reading the Ramona books. If you have kids (girls OR boys)that range in age from 6-12, these books are perfect. I have started reading them to my boys and they crack up on almost every page. Ramona is a trouble maker, but has a great heart! I am excited because I get to read them to my boys as an excuse to hear them all over again!
reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on
Helpful Score: 1
Big sister Beezus Quimby tries to be patient with her little sister, Ramona, but it isn't easy, not when Ramona powders her nose with marshmallows and invites her whole class to a party without telling her family. Sometimes Beezus doesn't like Ramona, but the girls are sisters and that means they will always love each other-just not every single minute.
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foxyloxy0613 avatar reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on
Beverly Cleary is the greatest! Where would we 30-40 somthings be without Ramona in our childhood memories of books we enjoyed!
reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on + 9 more book reviews
This is an excellent book for kids, and sentimental adults who remember Beezus and Ramona from childhood.
reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on + 8 more book reviews
This story is so funny!
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Another classic by Beverly Cleary!
reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on + 506 more book reviews
4 yr old Ramona has a habit of doing the most unpredictable, annoying, embarrassing things in the world...Sisters are supposed to love each other, but pesky little Ramona just doesn't seem very lovable to her big sister, Beezus.
dreambeliever avatar reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on + 56 more book reviews
My 8 year old daughter LOVES all of the Beverly Cleary books!!
ChristineMM avatar reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on + 370 more book reviews
Yet another fiction chapter book in the series by wonderful author Beverly Cleary.
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great story for any other little sisters out there
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classic.
equinecpa avatar reviewed Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby, Bk 1) on + 8 more book reviews
My daughter says that this author "Beverly Cleary" writes really good books.
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Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other people have little sisters that bother them sometimes, but is there anyone in the world like Ramona? Whether she's taking one bite out of every apple in a box or secretly inviting 15 other 4-year-olds to the house for a party, Ramona is always making trouble--and getting all the attention. Every big sister can relate to the trials and tribulations Beezus must endure. Old enough to be expected to take responsibility for her little sister, yet young enough to be mortified by every embarrassing plight the precocious preschooler gets them into, Beezus is constantly struggling with her mixed-up feelings about the exasperating Ramona.

There's no one in the world like Beverly Cleary, either. This terrifically popular author of over two dozen children's books has withstood the test of time for generations, as her many awards, including the Newbery Medal, attest. Two books in the Ramona series, Ramona and Her Father and Ramona Quimby, Age 8, were also named Newbery Honor Books. Louis Darling's wonderful ink illustrations are the kind that will stay with a reader for a lifetime. (Ages 8 to 12)


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