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| Original Title: | Beezus and Ramona |
| ISBN: | 0192750968 (ISBN13: 9780192750969) |
| Series: | Ramona Quimby #1 |
| Characters: | Ramona Quimby, Beezus Quimby |
| Setting: | Oregon(United States) |
Beverly Cleary
Audiobook | Pages: 160 pages Rating: 4 | 91341 Users | 1904 Reviews
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Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other people have little sisters that bother them sometimes, but is there anyone in the world like Ramona? Whether she's taking one bite out of every apple in a box or secretly inviting 15 other 4-year-olds to the house for a party, Ramona is always making trouble--and getting all the attention. Every big sister can relate to the trials and tribulations Beezus must endure. Old enough to be expected to take responsibility for her little sister, yet young enough to be mortified by every embarrassing plight the precocious preschooler gets them into, Beezus is constantly struggling with her mixed-up feelings about the exasperating Ramona.
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| Title | : | Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby #1) |
| Author | : | Beverly Cleary |
| Book Format | : | Audiobook |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | June 8th 2000 by Oxford University Press (first published July 1st 1955) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4 From 91341 Users | 1904 ReviewsCriticize Out Of Books Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby #1)
Ramona drove me crazy! On the plus side, Stockard Channing did a wonderful job narrating the audiobookWhy did I never read any Beverly Cleary's works before? Yes, this is actually the very first book I've read by her, and it was a hoot! Except for one moment when I winced at one of Beezus' ideas (a girl can't like mechanical things), this was a fun little story. Ramona is a handful! And poor Beezus, trying so hard to be patient and appreciate her inventive and mischievous four-year-old sister. Typical exploits that had me laughing and laughing: inviting all the kids in her nursery school to a
Bottomline: Started to read this to my 5year old.... neither of us were impressed, so we stopped.I remember reading this series when I was little... and my daughter loves (and very much relates to Ramona's antics in) the movie remake that came out a few years ago... so we were both very excited about starting this book. But not very far in (maybe half way through the 1st chapter), my daughter just couldn't seem to get interested... for which I was thankful - because it just wasn't settling right
So good. Certainly, some of the things in the book don't hold up well on the cultural level -- Beezus playing Sacagawea in the school play, for one, and the bits about how Christopher Columbus discovered America -- but everything else absolutely does. In fact, a lot of how Cleary renders the Quimby family's position as lower middle class/working class is quite refreshing. It's rare to see now, and yet, it's reality. Fig Newtons were a dessert for this family, and Beezus getting a homemade (then
I really admire the publishers of this series. Even though the stories and characters are not exactly timeless, the books receive new editions every generation, with updated illustrations, but the details and dialogue remain entrenched in Baby-Boomer vocabulary.There's not a lick of technology in this first book in the "Ramona" series, except the occasional telephone call conducted in the kitchen, because that's where the telephone lives, be it rotary or maybe even push-button(??!), and thus any
I have an amazing, beautiful, old copy of Beezus and Ramona that I scored at a library book sale. I adore it, and decided to give it a reread, as I haven't visited with Ramona in forever. Can you believe this--I completely forgot the first book in the Ramona series is told from her older sister's point-of-view. Ramona is only four, and while she's just as charming and adorable as usual, four is very different from the Ramona I remember (Age 8!). What I'm saying is that I appreciated and enjoyed
I needed to read this one for a Copycat Challenge for my group. And man, did I hate this book.Ramona is one of the most annoying, aggravating, stupid, idiotic characters I have ever seen (and I read a lot). I truly hated her, I don't care that she is 4 or 3 or 5 for all I care, she was a total horrendous kid. Doing whatever she wanted, and otherwise tantrum. She loved punishments (at one time in the story they decided not to give her any), she loved ruining, wrecking and destroying things, no
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