Ramona Quimby is the central character in a popular series of children's books by Beverly Cleary. The books have been adapted for television (see here) and later inspired the 1993 dance hit classic, "Ramona Get Your Beeswax". Beverly Cleary (born April 12, 1916) is the author of over 30 books for young adults and children. ...

The main action concerns Ramona Quimby, her family including her sister Beatrice (known as Beezus), and various events around her Klickitat Street neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Klickitat Street is an actual street located in Northeast Portland, Oregon. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Mayor Tom Potter Area    - City 376. ...

Book series

The Ramona books grew out of Cleary's earlier Henry Huggins books and take place in the same continuity and neighborhood. In the Henry Huggins books, Beezus was one of Henry's neighbors and Ramona was her younger sister and mostly a pest to Henry, Beezus, and the other older children.

After three Henry Huggins books, Cleary wrote Beezus and Ramona, a novel in which Beezus was the central character and in which the plot revolved around Beezus' frustrations with her little sister.

Later, after finishing the Henry Huggins series, Cleary wrote Ramona the Pest, the first book proper in the Ramona series. It featured Ramona entering school for the first time as a kindergarten student. The succeeding books showed Ramona growing up and advancing through grades, usually at the rate of one grade over two books. One interesting plot device Cleary used was to write each book as if it took place during the current day at the time of writing, even though the books were published years apart. In this way, the later Ramona books appear to take place in the 1980s or later, even though the earlier Ramona books and the Henry Huggins books took place in the 1950s. This is never explicitly mentioned in the novels, however; dates are not given, and the children of the stories are designed to appeal to real children in any time period. Ramona the Pest is the first of Beverly Clearys books to focusing on Ramona Quimby as the protagonist. ...

Henry Huggins was published in 1950. The last Ramona book, Ramona's World, was published in 1999, after a 15 year hiatus from Ramona books.

The books have had three illustrators: Louis Darling, Alan Tiegreen and in 2006 the Ramona books came out with new illustrations by Tracy Dockray.

In 2006, Cleary was looking over a movie script to make Ramona and Her Father a movie. She also celebrated her 90th birthday. Ramona and Her Father is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. ...

Bibliography

Beezus and Ramona (4 years old) (HarperTrophy, 1955) ISBN 0-380-70918-X ISBN 978-0-380-70918-2 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ramona the Pest (kindergarten) (HarperTrophy, 1968) ISBN 0-380-70954-6 ISBN 978-0-380-70954-0 Ramona the Pest is the first of Beverly Clearys books to focusing on Ramona Quimby as the protagonist. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Ramona the Brave (1st grade) (HarperTrophy, 1975) ISBN 0-380-70959-7 ISBN 978-0-380-70959-5 Ramona the Brave is a juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Ramona and Her Father (2nd grade) (HarperTrophy, 1975, 1977) ISBN 0-380-70916-3 ISBN 978-0-380-70916-8 Ramona and Her Father is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Ramona and Her Mother (2nd grade) (HarperTrophy, 1979) ISBN 0-380-70952-X ISBN 978-0-380-70952-6 Ramona and Her Mother is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ...

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (3rd grade) (HarperTrophy, 1981) ISBN 0-380-70956-2 ISBN 978-0-380-70956-4 Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ramona Forever (3rd grade) (HarperTrophy, 1984) ISBN 0-380-70960-0 ISBN 978-0-380-70960-1 Ramona Forever is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ramona's World (4th grade) (HarperTrophy, 1999) ISBN 0-380-73272-6 ISBN 978-0-380-73272-2 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Characters

The Quimbys

• Ramona Geraldine Quimby: The main character. She has straight brown hair and an active imagination.
• Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby: Ramona's sensible big sister, whose nickname comes from Ramona's childhood mispronunciation of her name.
• Mr. Robert Quimby: Ramona's father
• Mrs. Quimby: Ramona's mother
• Picky-picky: The Quimbys' cat
• Aunt Beatrice Day-Kemp: Mrs. Quimby's sister
• Grandpa Day: Ramona and Beezus' maternal grandfather

The Kemps

• Howie Kemp: Ramona's best friend next door
• Willa Jean Kemp: Howie's messy little sister
• Mrs. Kemp: Howie's mother
• Mr. Kemp: Howie's father
• Granny Kemp: Howie's grandmother, who lives in the same house and watches after Ramona, Howie, and Willa Jean after school
• Uncle Hobart Kemp

The Hugginses

• Henry Huggins: Beezus' friend. The Ramona series of books are a spin-off of the Henry Huggins series of books
• Mr. Huggins: Henry's father
• Mrs. Huggins: Henry's mother

Henry Huggins is a character appearing in a series of juvenile fiction novels by Beverly Cleary. ...

The Kidds

• Daisy Kidd: Ramona's friend in fourth grade
• Jeremy Kidd: Daisy's big brother
• Mrs. Kidd: Daisy and Jeremy's mother
• Mr. Kidd: Daisy and Jeremy's father
• Clawed: The Kidds' cat

Klickitat Street

• The McCarthys
• Mrs. Swink: Elderly lady who wears pants suits and calls Ramona "Juanita"
• The Grumbies
• Mrs. Pitt: One of Ramona's neighbors, who doesn't like kids who throw trash in her yard

Glenwood School

• Danny "Yard Ape": A boy who always bickers with Ramona, whom she secretly likes
• Susan Kushner: Ramona's rival. A girl with curly blond hair.
• Davy: A timid skinny boy whom Ramona chases around the playground each day in kindergarten
• Miss Binney: Ramona's kindergarten teacher
• Mrs. Griggs: Ramona's first grade teacher
• Mrs. Rudge: Ramona's second grade teacher
• Mrs. Whaley: Ramona's third grade teacher
• Mrs. Meachum: Ramona's fourth grade teacher
• Mrs. Mester: Beezus' seventh grade teacher
• Mrs. Larson: The school secretary

Other Characters

• Mary Jane: Beezus' friend

External links

• Official Beverly Cleary web site