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I am not a pest,” Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.

Beverly Cleary

I had a bad time in school in the first grade. Because I had been a rather lonely child on a farm, but I was free and wild and to be shut up in a classroom – there were 40 children on those days in the classroom, and it was quite a shock.
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Children Classroom Grade Lonely School
Otis 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.
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Book Boys Friendship
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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Different Rummage Sales Shoes
I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.
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Childhood Known
I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.
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Enjoy Thirds Writing
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.
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Children Inspiring Mother
I am not a pest,” Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.
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Big Bigs Pests Sister
Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.
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Able Ideas World
Today I discovered two kinds of people who go to high school: those who wear new clothes to show off on the first day, and those who wear their oldest clothes to show they think school is unimportant.
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School Thinking Two
Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.
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Bedtime Needs Writers
Children want to do what grownups do.
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Children Want Grownups
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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Book Helping Teacher
What interests me is what children go through while growing up.
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Children Growing Interest
All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.
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Knowledge Librarian Valuable
I grew up before there were strict leash laws.
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Before Grew Law Strict
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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Burton Father Imagination Mother Real Step

I am not a pest,” Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.

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I am not a pest,” Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.

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