Posted on 04/11/2016 10:03:46 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) As she turns 100, the feisty and witty author Beverly Cleary remembers the Oregon childhood that inspired the likes of characters Ramona and Beezus Quimby and Henry Huggins in the childrens books that sold millions and enthralled generations of youngsters.
I was a well-behaved little girl, not that I wanted to be, she said. At the age of Ramona, in those days, children played outside. We played hopscotch and jump rope and I loved them and always had scraped knees.
Ramona, perhaps her best-known character, made her debut in Henry Huggins with only a brief mention. But that changed soon.
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“Im sure shes never heard of anything youve produced either.”
I’m not. That’s most likely the case, however.
BUMP
She turns 102 today.
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