Happy birthday to Beverly Cleary, who turns 90 today! It's also D.E.A.R. Day
(Drop Everything and Read Day), for which Cleary's dear Ramona Quimby
is official spokesperson. (In Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Ramona takes part
in a D.E.A.R. program in school.) Sponsors of the day, intended "to
remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis
a family priority," include the National Education Association, the
National Parent Teacher Association, the ALA's Association for Library
Service to Children, Reading Rockets and HarperCollins Children's Books.
In connection with both the birthday and D.E.A.R. Day, HarperCollins has repackaged Cleary's Ramona books with new cover art and interior illustrations. The eight went on sale yesterday:
In connection with both the birthday and D.E.A.R. Day, HarperCollins has repackaged Cleary's Ramona books with new cover art and interior illustrations. The eight went on sale yesterday:
- Beezus and Ramona (0688210767/038070918X paper)
- Ramona and Her Father (0688221149/0380709163 paper)
- Ramona and Her Mother (0688221955/038070952X paper)
- Ramona Forever (0688037852/0380709600 paper)
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (0688004776/0380709562 paper/0688154875 Spanish edition)
- Ramona the Brave (0688220150/0380709597 paper)
- Ramona the Pest (0688217214/0380709546 paper/0688148883 Spanish edition)
- Ramona's World (0688168167/0380732726 paper)