Beverly Cleary
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Beverly Atlee Cleary was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. She was one of America's most successful authors: 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her f
Cleary and her cat, "Kitty" c. 1955
Cleary as a senior at the University of California, Berkeley, 1938
Cleary in 1971
Statue of Ramona Quimby in Grant Park, Portland
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse w
Beverly Cleary
…since her first book was published in 1950. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Mouse. The majority of Cleary's books are set in the Grant Park neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon, where she was raised, and she has been credited…
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