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Beverly Cleary dies at 104.


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https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-03-26/beverly-cleary-childrens-author-obituary

While many of her books were set in the 50's I enjoyed them.  I was introduced to her and E.B. White in the first grade by my teacher Mrs. Follis.  Growing up in the 70's I could relate to Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy.  I even sold Grit back in the day to make a little extra spending money, since kids didn't have paper routes then in Longview.  Her writings as well as E.B.'s were during a simpler time, and kids didn't have to worry about what sexuality they might be.  

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Ralph S. Mouse and his motorcycle. That was one of my favorites as a kid. Ramona the Pest. She wrote for kids without having to dumb things down for them. There was no agenda behind her writing. 

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On 3/28/2021 at 8:43 PM, Hookemhorns88 said:

I remember one of my 5th grade teachers in 1977 reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle to the class.

There was a old stop motion movie made of it. That was like the go to rainy day, teacher hangover movie during school.

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