Beverly Cleary

Who they were

Beverly Atlee Cleary was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. She was one of America's most successful authors: 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Mouse.

Early life

Educated at: University of California, Berkeley and Grant High School.

Early life Cleary as a senior at the University of California, Berkeley , 1938 Beverly Atlee Bunn was born on April 12, 1916, in McMinnville, Oregon , [ 1 ] to Chester Lloyd Bunn, a farmer, and Mable Atlee Bunn, a schoolteacher. [ 2 ] Cleary was an only child [ 3 ] and lived on a farm in rural Yamhill, Oregon , in her early childhood. [ 4 ] She was raised Presbyterian . [ 5 ] When she was six years old, her family moved to Portland, Oregon , [ 2 ]

Path and career

Awards / honours: National Medal of Arts, Newbery Medal, Library of Congress Living Legend, and Children's Literature Legacy Award.

Career Cleary in 1971 After her graduation from the University of Washington in 1939, she served as a children's librarian in Yakima, Washington , until 1940, and then as the post librarian at the U.S. Army Hospital on Camp John T. Knight in Oakland, California , from 1942 to 1945. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ a ] She also worked at Sather Gate Book Shop in Berkeley [ 4 ] [ 5 ] before becoming a full-time writer for children. [ 1 ] As a children's librarian,

Later life and death Cleary's husband, Clarence, died in 2004. [ 1 ] She celebrated her 100th birthday on April 12, 2016. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On March 25, 2021, Cleary died at her retirement home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California , aged 104. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] ^ "Clarence T. Cleary" . The Monterey Herald . June 25, 2004. ^ Krug, Nora (April 3, 2016). "Beverly Cleary on turning 100: Kids today 'don't have the freedom' I had" . The Washington Post . ^ Chung, Nicole (April 12,

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Beverly Cleary appears on our March 25 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.