Beezus and Ramona

By Beverly Cleary

Subjects: family life, Classics, Humorous Stories, Animals, Quimby, ramona (fictitious character), fiction, realistic fiction, Brothers and sisters, Fiction, Families, chapter books, Accelerated Reader 4.5., Children's fiction, transportation, juvenile works, siblings, nyt:paperback_books=2010-06-06, creativity and imagination, Family, fiction, parents, Sisters, fiction, Kindergarten, readers, New York Times bestseller, Humorous stories, Ramona Quimby (Fictitious character), Family, Sisters, Action & Adventure, Family life, fiction, JUVENILE FICTION, mischief

Description: Beezus and Ramona is a 1955 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the first of Cleary's books to focus on Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice, known as Beezus. Beezus and Ramona is realistic fiction, written from nine-year-old Beezus's point of view, as she struggles to get along with her four-year-old sister. Eventually becoming the first book of the Ramona series, it was originally illustrated by Louis Darling. ---------- Also included in: - [Best of Ramona](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20587275W) - [Trouble with Ramona and Beezus](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17377136W)