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A Tribute to the Late, Great Children’s Author Beverly Cleary

Bambi
March 29, 2021
Children's, Fiction
Like many others in the past week, I’m writing to pay my respects to the late, great Beverly Cleary. Before becoming one of the foremost authors of children’s fiction, Cleary was a children’s librarian. Becaus...

Clementine Has a Zest for Life, Even in Sticky Situations

Bambi
March 22, 2021
Children's, Fiction
Having read many, many children’s books over the years, there have been three occasions I can remember where I have been straight up envious of mothers from the 1970s and 1980s. The first was Ramona’s mother, ...

A Classic Series So Good it Requires 3 Reviews – The Ramona Saga, Part 3

Bambi
June 20, 2020
Children's, Fiction
The final installment of reviews for the Ramona series includes the two remaining books. The events of Ramona Forever (1984) take place several months after Ramona Quimby, Age 8 ends. The book begins with Beez...

A Classic Series So Good it Requires 3 Reviews – The Ramona Saga, Part 2

Bambi
June 6, 2020
Children's, Fiction
This second grouping of books from the Ramona series begins with what I feel is a shift in the types of challenges our young protagonist faces. In 1977, Ramona and Her Father debuted. This installment in the s...

A Classic Series So Good it Requires 3 Reviews – The Ramona Saga, Part 1

Bambi
May 23, 2020
Children's, Fiction
I don’t usually split book series into different entries but once I starting writing, I ended up with a VERY long article. It became clear that a series this iconic is worthy of not just two, but three separat...

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