Beloved children's author, Beverly Cleary, dies at 104

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Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104 (clickondetroit.com)

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. She was 104.

Cleary’s publisher HarperCollins announced Friday that the author died Thursday in Northern California, where she had lived since the 1960s. No cause of death was given.

Trained as a librarian, Cleary didn’t start writing books until her early 30s when she wrote “Henry Huggins,” published in 1950. Children worldwide came to love the adventures of Huggins and neighbors Ellen Tebbits, Otis Spofford, Beatrice “Beezus” Quimby and her younger sister, Ramona. They inhabit a down-home, wholesome setting on Klickitat Street — a real street in Portland, Oregon, the city where Cleary spent much of her youth...

Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104 (detroitnews.com)

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Beverly Cleary, Beloved Children’s Book Author, Dies at 104 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Her funny stories about Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, the sisters Ramona and Beezus Quimby, and a motorcycling mouse named Ralph never talked down to readers.

Beverly Cleary, who enthralled tens of millions of young readers with the adventures and mishaps of Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, the bratty Ramona Quimby and her older sister Beezus, and other residents of Klickitat Street, died on Thursday in Carmel, Calif. She was 104.

The death was announced by HarperCollins, her publisher.

With “Henry Huggins,” published in 1950, Ms. Cleary, a librarian by trade, introduced a contemporary note into children’s literature. In a humorous, lively style, she made compelling drama out of the everyday problems, small injustices and perplexing mysteries — adults chief among them — that define middle-class American childhood...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Author Beverly Cleary dies at 104 (nbcnews.com)

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?"...

 

[shotgun09]

Such a big part of my childhood, as well as my adult children's. My daughter wanted to be called Ramona! She brought life and laughter together with reading for kids. RIP Beverly

 

[killarney rose]

First author I remember reading in first grade.

 

[Inthedetails]

Oh, how I LOVED her books as a kid. I read them over and over again. So much fun!

Thank you, Beverly Cleary, and rest in peace.

 

[realanastasia]

While I read and loved all of her books, the criminally-underrated “Socks” (told from a cat’s point of view) is the one I’ll reread this weekend in honor of the remarkable Ms. Cleary!

 

[Laughing]

the Double Post Gremlin got me!

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[Laughing]

Aw, in Ms. Cleary's memory, today I will sit a while -- for the present.

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RIP, Ma'am!

 

[Filly]

RIP Ms. Cleary.

Thank you for giving my daughter the joy from your books.