Beverly Cleary

Children's author Beverly Cleary has recorded the lives and adventures of ordinary children for more than four decades. As a child, Beverly experienced great difficulty in learning to read, and her books evoke sympathy for eager-to-please but misunderstood children. Cleary's belief that children want to read about children like themselves is supported by her longstanding popularity. Cleary's cast of characters are resourceful, complex children-Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Leigh Botts, for example. Book jacket.Peltak, Jennifer is the author of 'Beverly Cleary', published 2005 under ISBN 9780791082317 and ISBN 0791082318.