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I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

Beverly Cleary

I hope children will be happy with the books I’ve written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.
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Children Happy Hope Readers
As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be ‘better’ children.
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Book Child Children
I grew up before there were strict leash laws.
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Before Grew Law Strict
What interests me is what children go through while growing up.
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Children Growing Interest
I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.
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Book Children Grow Up
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
If she can’t spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.
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Know Librarians Should
I am not a pest,” Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.
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Big Bigs Pests Sister
The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible.
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Keys Successful Writing
I didn’t start out writing to give children hope, but I’m glad some of them found it.
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Children Giving Writing
Didn’t the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?
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Care Girl People
Problem solving, and I don’t mean algebra, seems to be my life’s work. Maybe it’s everyone’s life’s work.
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Algebra Mean Problem
We didn’t have television in those days, and many people didn’t even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.
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Father Mother People
With 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.
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Book Chance Reading
I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.
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Children Real Teacher
The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else–grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.
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Boys Grief Humilation Perhaps Regret Turned

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