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People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.
Beverly Cleary
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Beverly Cleary
Age: 104 †
Born: 1916
Born: April 12
Died: 2021
Died: March 25
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McMinnville
Oregon
Beverly Atlee Cleary
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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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I grew up before there were strict leash laws.
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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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I was an only child I didn't have a sister, or sisters.
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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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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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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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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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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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Neither the mouse nor the boy was the least bit surprised that each could understand the other. Two creatures who shared a love for motorcycles naturally spoke the same language.
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I write in longhand on yellow legal pads.
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I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.
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My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.
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I am not a pest, Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.
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Children want to do what grownups do.
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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 have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year.
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If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.
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What interests me is what children go through while growing up.
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Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.
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