This was poorly/perfectly timed:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/co...s_still_alive/
We're reading the Ramona books to my daughter right now. They stand the test of time great, except for explaining why Ramona's dad just sits at home and smokes all day after he lost his job.
I didn't know that she had also written
The Mouse and the Motorcycle which I enjoyed as a kid.