Ramona, perhaps her best-known character, made her debut in “Henry Huggins” with only a brief mention. 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.Īmong the “Henry” titles were “Henry and Ribsy,” “Henry and the Paper Route” and “Henry and Beezus.” Children worldwide came to love the adventures of Huggins and neighbors Ellen Tebbits, Otis Spofford, Beatrice “Beezus” Quimby and her younger sister, Ramona. Trained as a librarian, Cleary didn’t start writing books until her early 30s when she wrote “Henry Huggins,” published in 1950. She was 104.Ĭleary’s publisher HarperCollins announced Friday that the author died Thursday in Northern California, where she had lived since the 1960s. NEW YORK (AP) - 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.
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