My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
My mother always kept library books in the house, and one rainy Sunday afternoon - this was before television, and we didn't… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“most beautiful, magic time of the whole year. Her parents loved her, and she loved them,” — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“After Father had served the chicken and mashed potatoes and peas and Mother had passed the hot rolls, Beezus decidedthe time had… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
Ramona stepped back into her closet, slid the door shut, pressed an imaginary button, and when her imaginary elevator had made its… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“Mother,” said Ramona urgently. This time she stepped into the hall. “Unless we get a ladder (Go back to your room, Ramona)… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
'Dear Mr. Henshaw' came about because two different boys from different parts of the country asked me to write a book about… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I know that when I was a children's librarian, that was about 1940, boys particularly asked where were the books about kids like us,… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I haven't been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children's literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be buying them. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“She was surprised to feel his hand on her arm and still more surprised-almost unbelieving-to see his fingers unclasp his identification bracelet and remove… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“He seemed grown-up, compared to the boys at school, and although he was not handsome, or even particularly good-looking—there were still some scars on… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“Well, she thought, I'm certainly bright. She had wanted to meet a new boy and when she finally did meet one she didn't even… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I wrote books to entertain. I'm not trying to teach anything! If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
