If you don’t see the book you want on the shelves, write it.
BEVERLY CLEARYIf you don’t see the book you want on the shelves, write it.
BEVERLY CLEARYI 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 CLEARYAll knowledge is valuable to a librarian.
BEVERLY CLEARYI had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
BEVERLY CLEARYI hope children will be happy with the books I’ve written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.
BEVERLY CLEARYIf she can’t spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.
BEVERLY CLEARYDidn’t the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?
BEVERLY CLEARYChildren want to do what grownups do.
BEVERLY CLEARYWriters are good at plucking out what they need here and there.
BEVERLY CLEARYOtis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises.
BEVERLY CLEARYI enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.
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.
BEVERLY CLEARYWith twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.
BEVERLY CLEARYRamona stepped back into her closet, slid the door shut, pressed an imaginary button, and when her imaginary elevator had made its imaginary descent, stepped out onto the real first floor and raced a real problem. Her mother and father were leaving for Parents’ Night.
BEVERLY CLEARYI am not a pest,” Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.
BEVERLY CLEARYI grew up before there were strict leash laws.
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