I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
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.
More Beverly Cleary Quotes
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Didn’t the people who made those license plates care about little girls named Ramona?
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I was an only child; I didn’t have a sister, or sisters.
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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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I just wrote about childhood as I had known it.
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I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.
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I feel sometimes that in children’s books there are more and more grim problems, but I don’t know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them.
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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 read my books aloud before they were published.
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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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The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible.
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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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As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be ‘better’ children.
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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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If she can’t spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.
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In seventh grade…I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted.
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