RIP Beverly Cleary

[TheSportsPredictor]

A giant among children's book authors, lived to almost 105 years old!

Ramona and Beezus Quimby are probably her two most famous characters. Published books from 1950 til 1999.

 

[User 150927]

What a long great life. Her books were a big party of my childhood.

 

[FileNotFound]

Loved Ramona Quimby. Another one of my favorites of hers was “Socks,” about a special family cat. RIP.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Aww, man. RIP.

 

[qtlaw]

I loved, ABSOLUTELY LOVED, "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" in my childhood. I also read Ramona and Henry Huggins books too. Wow, 104, so happy for her. May you RIP Ms. Cleary, thank you for the smiles and enjoyment you brought to my life.

 

[garrow]

A giant of the genre. My mom worked part-time as a librarian when I was in middle school and she always brought home her books for my younger sisters. RIP Beverly Cleary.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Henry Huggins.
Ramona and Beezus.
Runaway Ralph.

No telling how many other characters Beverly Cleary was responsible for making children care about ... and, more importantly, read.

What a life. RIP, dear Madam and Thank You.

 

[Ookpik]

RIP.

Henry and the Clubhouse inspired me as a kid to build an actual clubhouse.

It was great!

Thanks Beverly for the inspiration and great books!

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Loved Ramona Quimby. Another one of my favorites of hers was “Socks,” about a special family cat. RIP.

Loved “Socks”. “Dear Mr. Henshaw” is excellent, and especially helpful for kids whose parents are not together.

RIP

 

[qtlaw]

No telling how many other characters Beverly Cleary was responsible for making children care about ... and, more importantly, read.

That's exactly how she impacted my life; she made me see the enjoyment in reading, a lifelong lesson that I cherish.

 

[dixiehack]

Loved “Socks”. “Dear Mr. Henshaw” is excellent, and especially helpful for kids whose parents are not together.

RIP

My dad went through a couple of stretches of unemployment growing up and it felt like a form of leprosy that we dare not discuss with others. Reading about Ramona’s dad being out of work helped this kid out a little bit too.

 

[maumann]

The fact that Ramona and Henry and Margaret still resonate with the third or fourth generation of young readers since the 1950s tells you how amazing she was at building memorable characters and shared experiences that didn't get attached to a particular time or era. They live forever. RIP, Mrs. Cleary.

 

[dixiehack]

Probably not the place to mention that Ginnifer Goodwin was a smoke show as Aunt Beatrice in the movie version. But I just did.

 

[hondo]

Henry had a paper route for an afternoon rag. That's how far back he goes.

 

[User 150927]

I loved Ribsy

 

[DanOregon]

Would there be any greater legacy than writing a beloved children's book(s) or perhaps a Christmas song that continue to bring joy (and royalties) long after you are gone? Finding out that Beverly Cleary was a real person and lived in Portland was like finding out the Wizard of Oz lived in the next county over. (Of course, as a kid I was heart-broken to learn that FW Dixon was a fake name and the credit given to multiple authors).

 

[User 149557]

Every time I eat an apple I think of Ramona taking one bite out of every apple in the storeroom. Henry Huggins was my stand-in on lazy summer days. Ribsy felt like my dog, too, and I wanted to go buy horsemeat for him. Aunt Bea was Cleary’s way of introducing the new woman. I understood my working class parents a little better because Ramona’s dad struggled with quitting smoking and unemployment, too.

While Frank Baum and C.S. Lewis made the real world seem magical, Cleary made the ordinary world an adventure.

RIP for all those afternoons in the library and my room. I don’t know if there’s a greater gift a person could give to the world.

 

[goalmouth]

Judy Blume was trending with Cleary. I remember her visiting my grade school, now she's 83.

 

[dixiehack]

What Ramona Quimby Taught Me about Taking Up Space