I don’t think children’s inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.
BEVERLY CLEARYWhen I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.
More Beverly Cleary Quotes
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I don’t necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that’s most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.
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I didn’t start out writing to give children hope, but I’m glad some of them found it.
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I am not a pest,” Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.
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Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.
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Don’t stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don’t forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read.
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I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
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I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.
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If she can’t spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.
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Didn’t the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?
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I read my books aloud before they were published.
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I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.
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Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.
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I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.
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Children want to do what grownups do.
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I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.
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