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Beverly Cleary's books can easily be related to children because she wrote the books with that goal in mind. She never wrote to really teach anything. She simply wanted to write books that would get children interested in reading.

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Beverly Cleary has provided activities and lesson guides for teachers and librarians on her website. Some of these resources include:

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Why do children love her books so much?

She tends to write realistic fiction or fantasy books

She uses her childhood experiences to create the stories she writes.

She created lovable characters such as Henry Huggins and Ramona and Beezus Quimby that children will be able to identify with. Then she creates a huge range of adventures and stories revolving around these characters.

She has a very humorous writing style. It doesn't matter how old you are it is likely that you will find yourself laughing while reading any of her books.

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Ramona and her Mother- 1923

Henry Huggins- 1950

Ellen Tebbits- 1951

Henry and Beezus- 1952

Ottis Spofford- 1953

Henry and Risby- 1954

Beezus and Ramona- 1955

Ribsy- 1964

The Mouse and the Motorcycle- 1965

Ramona the Pest- 1968

Socks- 1973

Ramona and her Father- 1977

Ramona Quimby, age 8- 1981

Ralph S. Mouse- 1982

Dear Mr. Henshaw- 1983

Ramona's World- 1999

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1978 Newbery Honor Book, Ramona and Her Father

1982 Newbery Honor Book, Ramona Quimby, Age 8

1984 Newbery Medal, Dear Mr. Henshaw

National Book Award, Ramona and Her Mother

Catholic Library Association's 1980 Regina Medal Award

University of Southern Mississippi’s 1982 Silver Medallion

Children’s Book Council 1985 Everychild Award

American Library Association’s 1975 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award

Named Library of Congress "Living Legend"

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Since she lived in such a small town there was no library. Her mother had to have books shipped to their home. Beverly loved books. However, when she moved to Portland for school she found that she was behind the other students in her reading abilities. When she ended up in the lowest reading group she decided she was going to spend more time reading. So when she wasn't at school she was at the library. By third grade her reading abilities had improved immensely. Her librarian suggested she write books when she got older. Beverly liked the idea and decided she would do just that.

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Name: Beverly Atlee Bunn

Birthday: April 12th, 1916

Born in: McMinnville Oregon.

Education:

University of California, Berkeley- B.A. English 1938

University of Washington- Library Science Degree 1939

Jobs: Worked as a librarian after graduating before become a children's book author

Married: Clarence Cleary in 1940

Today: Still alive- 101 years old