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I read my books aloud before they were published.

Beverly Cleary

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I don’t ever go on the Internet. I don’t even know how it works.
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He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.
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I read my books aloud before they were published.
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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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Ramona 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.
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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 was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.
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I read my books aloud before they were published.

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