[Blood of Tyrants]

I loved Beverly Clearly’s books when I was a boy and my daughter enjoyed them 40 years later.

[vladimir998]

Never heard of her or her books.

[liberty_lvr]

Hmmph.

Never any mention of minority children or adult authority figures in her books. Clearly she's a racist and should be shunned, flushed down the memory hole, her works forbidden, not celebrated.

It's a brave new world, comrade, and glorification of archaic American values should be strongly discouraged. You may report to your nearest diversity re-education camp at your earliest convenience.

[mplsconservative]

The Mouse and the Motorcycle was my all time favorite book as a child. I had no idea she was still alive. Happy Birthday Mrs. Cleary!

[Slyfox]

Henry Huggins was my kid's favorite book that I read to them. The scene where Henry is trying to get this stray dog (the introduction of Ribsy) onto the bus when the bus driver would not let the dog on unless it was in a box really cracked my kids up.

We made a trip to Portland OR and I saw a street sign that read "Klickitat Street" and I could not place it until one of my boys reminded me that was the street where Henry lived.

I asked my boys if they wanted to experience Klickitat Street and they were on board so we went back to get their vehicle of choice (roller skates and bikes) and I followed them in our van all the way down Klickitat Street.

[pgkdan]

I loved the Henry Huggin’s books when I was a very young child. They gave me a love of reading that’s persisted to this day.

[cld51860]

Those were some great books! Loved Henry and Ribsey!!

[Jean2]

I loved her books when I was a kid.

[cyclotic]

My daughter is a children’s book specialist at a Barnes and Noble. I just texted her about promoting Cleary’s birthday.

I was right, she’s already on it. Her actual birthday is tomorrow and my daughter is setting up a table with books and balloons.

[MamaB]

My daughters and I enjoyed her books. My daughter reminded me a few months ago how I would read every book I bought for them.

[T-Bird45]

Having read the more than 30 responses to this thread so far, I think we can conclude that there’s a whole lot more normal American parents and their kids out there than the usual raft of demented headlines would have us believe.

Thank God!!

[originalbuckeye]

When I was 10, Cleary’s book, ‘Fifteen’, was perfect. Such a sweet ‘first love’ story for a preteen to read. Have never forgotten it (can even remember some of the dialogue 50 years later ; )

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

BUMP

[Borges]

She turns 102 today.