Beverly Cleary...children's author dies at 104

[looooob]

the former librarian , who got a 'late start' by picking up writing in her 30s had a pretty good run


https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...uary-1.5966340

[Cheese]

good run...and a great author!

[Bill Bumface]

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.

[Table 5]

The Henry Huggins / Ramona books are a distinct part of my elementary school years. I had no idea she was still alive, since even when I was a kid they seemed to be books from another time, but she had a great run.