![]() ![]() ![]() She then moved to Berkeley to major in English at the University of California. In 1934, she moved to Ontario, California to attend Chaffey College, from which she earned an Associate of Arts diploma. ![]() From then on, she visited the library often, though she rarely found the books she most wanted to read - those about children like herself. It was not until she was in third grade that she found enjoyment from books, when she started reading The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins. She was slow in learning to read, partly because she did not like the books the school wanted her to read, and partly due to an unkind first grade teacher. When she was 6, her family moved to Portland, Oregon, where she went to grammar and high school. Biography īeverly Cleary was born Beverly Atlee Bunn in McMinnville, Oregon. ![]() Some of her best known and loved characters are Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice ("Beezus"), Henry Huggins, Ralph S. Her characters are normal children facing challenges of growing up, and her stories are filled with humour. She was the author of over 80 books for young adults and children. Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn April 12, 1916 – March 25, 2021) was an American children's writer. ![]()
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