Mouse” and “Henry and Ribsy,” which was among the many she wrote based on the children she knew growing up in her Portland, Ore. Her more than 40 books included “The Mouse and the Motorcycle,” “Ralph S. BXywlKTSacĪ 10-part TV series, “Ramona,” based on her most enduring character, the rambunctious Ramona Quimby, starred Sarah Polley in 1988, while “ Ramona and Beezus” was made into a 2010 movie starring Joey King and Selena Gomez.Ĭleary sold more than 90 million books, putting her in the wildly popular ranks of authors like J.K. We are saddened to share that cherished children's book author Beverly Cleary passed away yesterday, March 25, at 104 years old. Her publisher HarperCollins tweeted that she died on Thursday. Beverly Cleary, who contemporized children’s literature with books like “Ramona the Pest” and “Henry and Beezus” and become one of the best-selling children’s authors of all time, died Thursday.
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