Quotes by Beverly Cleary

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the...

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Children want to do what grownups do.

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Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do...

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Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there.

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With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit...

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What interests me is what children go through while growing up.

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We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My...

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Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only...

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People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books.

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People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but...

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Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth...

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One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book...

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