I am going to try to read and review EVERY Cleary book I can get my hands on. Some I have already--childhood copies--and, of course, I'll see what the library has to offer as well.
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/index.html
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/ramona_books.html
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/henry_books.html
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/ralph_books.html
http://www.beverlycleary.com/books/leigh_books.html
I know I probably can't manage all of these, but here is her bibliography according to Wikipedia:
- Henry Huggins (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1950)
- Ellen Tebbits (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1951)
- Henry and Beezus (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1952)
- Otis Spofford (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1953)
- Henry and Ribsy (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1954)
- Beezus and Ramona (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1955)
- Fifteen (illus. by Joe and Beth Krush) - (1956)
- Henry and the Paper Route (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1957)
- The Luckiest Girl - (1958)
- Jean and Johnny (illus. by Joe and Beth Krush) - (1959)
- The Hullabaloo ABC (illus. by Earl Thollander) - (1960)
- Two Dog Biscuits (illus. by ? ?) - (1961) (companion to The Real Hole)
- Henry and the Clubhouse (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1962)
- Sister of the Bride (illus. by Joe and Beth Krush) - (1963)
- Ribsy (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1964)
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1965)
- Mitch and Amy (illus. by Bob Marstall) - (1967)
- Ramona the Pest (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1968)
- Runaway Ralph (illus. by Louis Darling) - (1970)
- Socks (illus. by Beatrice Darwin) - (1973)
- Ramona the Brave (illus. by Alan Tiegreen) - (1975)
- Ramona and Her Father (illus. by Alan Tiegreen) - (1977)
- Ramona and Her Mother (illus. by Alan Tiegreen) - (1979)
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (illus. by Alan Tiegreen) - (1981)
- Ralph S. Mouse (illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky) - (1982)
- Dear Mr. Henshaw (illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky) - (1983)
- Ramona Forever (illus. by Alan Tiegreen) - (1984)
- Lucky Chuck (illus. by J. Winslow Higginbottom) - (1984)
- Two Dog Biscuits (illus. by DyAnne Disalvo-Ryan) - (1986) (companion to The Real Hole)
- A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir - (1988)
- Muggie Maggie (illus. by Kay Life) - (1990)
- Strider (illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky) - (1991)
- Runaway Ralph (illus. by Tracy Dockray) - (1991)
- Petey's Bedtime Story (illus. by David Small) - (1993)
- My Own Two Feet - (1995)
- The Hullabaloo ABC (illus. by Ted Rand) - (1998)
- Ramona's World (illus. by Alan Tiegreen) - (1999)
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Wow, that's going to be a lot of reading! I've read most of them at various stages of my life, except the picture books and her autobiography, and I really look forward to your reviews. I never did like Ramona, even as a kid. Henry Huggins was, and still is, my favourite. I noticed you were missing her 3 "Leave It to Beaver" books. Here's a list that has them listed
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/beverly-cleary/
Thanks, Nicola. That's why I'm sometimes skeptical of wikipedia! I do appreciate the link, I'll have to see if I can track those down somewhere. I know I don't own those.
I am going to try my best to see if I can find audio books of at least some of these to read alongside the books. I think it would be fun to see how they're done.
Ooooh, I love Beverly Cleary! Great theme, Becky!! Glad you'll be joining me on this one :)
You have got to be the most brave challenge participant I've ever met! LOL! I'm in awe at the amount of books you read! This is great though. I remember Beverly Cleary from when I was younger. Me and my sister used to read a lot of her books. Have fun reading these! Great idea :)
I don't know that I'm all that brave. My philosophy is that if I already own it or if my library has a copy that I'll make a point of reading it so I can blog about it. It will be great to revisit Cleary in the upcoming year. I probably haven't read most of these since '90 or '91. So it will be interesting to see if I read them differently as an adult of if they're still magical.
I've read vast quantities of Beverly Cleary, and my favourite--besides the Ramona books, which I adore--is The Luckiest Girl. It's as sappy as it can be, but it's just so sweet that I can't help but love it. You're going to enjoy that challenge!
Hi Becky,
I saw someone mention a challenge that I thought they said you were hosting. And it wasn't the OSC challenge (that's yours, right?) but I can't remember what it was, and I'm not 100% sure it was you. This is probably the flakiest comment you ever got, but what other challenges are you hosting, if any?
Dewey:
I am hosting the Celebrate the Author challenge. I'll come visit your site and leave the link!
Becky
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