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Beverly Cleary quotes: I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.

Beverly Cleary quotes: All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.

All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I read my books aloud before they were published.

I read my books aloud before they were published.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.

Beverly Cleary quotes: People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

Beverly Cleary quotes: That was the trouble with this house. A girl couldn't even carry on a telephone conversation with any privacy

That was the trouble with this house. A girl couldn't even carry on a telephone conversation with any privacy

Beverly Cleary quotes: I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems.

I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I know this is probably sort of sudden." The boy hesitated. "But I was wodnering if you would care to go to the movies with me tomorrow night.

I know this is probably sort of sudden." The boy hesitated. "But I was wodnering if you would care to go to the movies with me tomorrow night.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Ralph really felt sorry for the boy, hampered as he was by his youth and his mother.

Ralph really felt sorry for the boy, hampered as he was by his youth and his mother.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Well, she thought, I'm certainly bright. She had wanted to meet a new boy and when she finally did meet one she didn't even find out his name

Well, she thought, I'm certainly bright. She had wanted to meet a new boy and when she finally did meet one she didn't even find out his name

Beverly Cleary quotes: We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.

We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.

Beverly Cleary quotes: She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.

She means well, but she always manages to do the wrong thing. She has a real talent for it.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.

I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.

Beverly Cleary quotes: People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her.

People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Oh well, thought Jane, that's how men are. He's probably taking it for granted. She found it very pleasant to be taken for granted by Stan

Oh well, thought Jane, that's how men are. He's probably taking it for granted. She found it very pleasant to be taken for granted by Stan

Beverly Cleary quotes: Quite often somebody will say, 'What year do your books take place?' and the only answer I can give is, in childhood.

Quite often somebody will say, 'What year do your books take place?' and the only answer I can give is, in childhood.

Beverly Cleary quotes: My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books.

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books.

Beverly Cleary quotes: most beautiful, magic time of the whole year. Her parents loved her, and she loved them,

most beautiful, magic time of the whole year. Her parents loved her, and she loved them,

Beverly Cleary quotes: She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.

She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Children want to do what grownups do.

Children want to do what grownups do.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Words were so puzzling. Present should mean a present just as attack should mean to stick tacks in people.

Words were so puzzling. Present should mean a present just as attack should mean to stick tacks in people.

Beverly Cleary quotes: What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Tiddlywinks, tiddlywinks, I want to play tiddlywinks, chanted Ramona, shaking her head back and forth.

Tiddlywinks, tiddlywinks, I want to play tiddlywinks, chanted Ramona, shaking her head back and forth.

Beverly Cleary quotes: If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Amy thought a moment. How could they get rid of their mother? We could have her away taking care of a sick neighbor, and we are all alone in the

Amy thought a moment. How could they get rid of their mother? We could have her away taking care of a sick neighbor, and we are all alone in the house

Beverly Cleary quotes: I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I don't ever go on the Internet. I don't even know how it works.

I don't ever go on the Internet. I don't even know how it works.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Say, who is this Mr. King?" "What Mr. King?" asked Ramona, walking into his trap. "Nosmo King,

Say, who is this Mr. King?" "What Mr. King?" asked Ramona, walking into his trap. "Nosmo King,

Beverly Cleary quotes: I am sort of medium ... I guess you could call me the mediumest boy in the class. -Leigh Botts

I am sort of medium ... I guess you could call me the mediumest boy in the class. -Leigh Botts

Beverly Cleary quotes: If she can't spell, she shouldn't be a librarian.

If she can't spell, she shouldn't be a librarian.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?

Didn't the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?

Beverly Cleary quotes: Poor Miss Binney, dressed like Mother Goose, now had the responsibility of sixty-eight boys and girls.

Poor Miss Binney, dressed like Mother Goose, now had the responsibility of sixty-eight boys and girls.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

Beverly Cleary quotes: The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible.

The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

Beverly Cleary quotes: If they had been riding in a car, she would have waited for him to go around and open the door for her, but riding in a truck is different

If they had been riding in a car, she would have waited for him to go around and open the door for her, but riding in a truck is different

Beverly Cleary quotes: They wiped his paws on a good bath towel whenever he came in with wet feet, because they had not been married long enough to have an old bath towel,

They wiped his paws on a good bath towel whenever he came in with wet feet, because they had not been married long enough to have an old bath towel,

Beverly Cleary quotes: And now I'm going to find out how to get a library started.

And now I'm going to find out how to get a library started.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.

Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood.

I longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood.

Beverly Cleary quotes: As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.

As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.

Beverly Cleary quotes: If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

Beverly Cleary quotes: She would not have hurt the old man's feelings for anything in the world.

She would not have hurt the old man's feelings for anything in the world.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I guess that's what growing up is. Saying good-by to a lot of things. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it isn't. But it is all right.

I guess that's what growing up is. Saying good-by to a lot of things. Sometimes it is easy and sometimes it isn't. But it is all right.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Ellen might have known her best friend would think of something like that.

Ellen might have known her best friend would think of something like that.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I don't think children themselves have changed that much. It's the world that has changed.

I don't think children themselves have changed that much. It's the world that has changed.

Beverly Cleary quotes: And the muscles of his scrawny arms Are strong as rubber bands.

And the muscles of his scrawny arms Are strong as rubber bands.

Beverly Cleary quotes: In seventh grade ... I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted.

In seventh grade ... I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life.

I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I am not a pest, Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.

I am not a pest, Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.

Beverly Cleary quotes: With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work.

Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work.

Beverly Cleary quotes: Uncle Avery, who was not only postmaster but mayor of Pitchfork as well.

Uncle Avery, who was not only postmaster but mayor of Pitchfork as well.

Beverly Cleary quotes: I was a librarian.

I was a librarian.