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Beverly Cleary Quotes

In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling and leaping about in the midst of the sails of ships! Picture Quote #1

I feel sometimes that in children’s books there are more and more grim problems, but I don’t know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them Picture Quote #1

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since Picture Quote #1

People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I’m not sure that’s true, but I did share some experiences with her Picture Quote #1

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood Picture Quote #1

In seventh grade...I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted Picture Quote #1

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I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up Picture Quote #1

I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother’s cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year Picture Quote #1

I had a bad time in school in the first grade. Because I had been a rather lonely child on a farm, but I was free and wild and to be shut up in a classroom - there were 40 children on those days in the classroom, and it was quite a shock Picture Quote #1

I think adults sometimes don’t think about how children are feeling about the adult problems Picture Quote #1

I haven’t been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children’s literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be buying them Picture Quote #1

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. Some of the teachers were just doing their job, but others had that little extra. They really cared about children and they wore pretty dresses Picture Quote #1

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Dear Mr. Henshaw’ came about because two different boys from different parts of the country asked me to write a book about a boy whose parents were divorced, and so I wrote ‘Dear Mr. Henshaw,’ and it won the Newbery, and I was - it’s been very popular Picture Quote #1

I don’t think children’s inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play Picture Quote #1

In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids’ needs haven’t changed. They still need to feel safe, be close to their families, like their teachers, and have friends to play with Picture Quote #1

I don’t think children themselves have changed that much. It’s the world that has changed Picture Quote #1

I’m just lucky. I do have very clear memories of childhood. I find that many people don’t, but I’m just very fortunate that I have that kind of memory Picture Quote #1

I hope children will be happy with the books I’ve written, and go on to be readers all of their lives Picture Quote #1

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I longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood Picture Quote #1

I feel sometimes that in children’s books there are more and more grim problems, but I don’t know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them Picture Quote #1

I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life Picture Quote #1

Children want to do what grownups do Picture Quote #1

I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am familiar with the music written for that instrument. I am also fond of the popular music of the 1930s because my future husband and I danced to it so many Saturday nights when we were in college Picture Quote #1

Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite Picture Quote #1

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I don’t necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that’s most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there Picture Quote #1

I just wrote about childhood as I had known it Picture Quote #1

I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children Picture Quote #1

I write in longhand on yellow legal pads Picture Quote #1

I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all Picture Quote #1

I was an only child; I didn’t have a sister, or sisters Picture Quote #1

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In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling and leaping about in the midst of the sails of ships! (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I feel sometimes that in children’s books there are more and more grim problems, but I don’t know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them (Beverly Cleary Quotes) One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since (Beverly Cleary Quotes) People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I’m not sure that’s true, but I did share some experiences with her (Beverly Cleary Quotes) Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood (Beverly Cleary Quotes) In seventh grade...I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother’s cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I had a bad time in school in the first grade. Because I had been a rather lonely child on a farm, but I was free and wild and to be shut up in a classroom - there were 40 children on those days in the classroom, and it was quite a shock (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I think adults sometimes don’t think about how children are feeling about the adult problems (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I haven’t been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children’s literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be buying them. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. Some of the teachers were just doing their job, but others had that little extra. They really cared about children and they wore pretty dresses. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) Dear Mr. Henshaw’ came about because two different boys from different parts of the country asked me to write a book about a boy whose parents were divorced, and so I wrote ‘Dear Mr. Henshaw,’ and it won the Newbery, and I was - it’s been very popular. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I don’t think children’s inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids’ needs haven’t changed. They still need to feel safe, be close to their families, like their teachers, and have friends to play with. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I don’t think children themselves have changed that much. It’s the world that has changed. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I’m just lucky. I do have very clear memories of childhood. I find that many people don’t, but I’m just very fortunate that I have that kind of memory. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I hope children will be happy with the books I’ve written, and go on to be readers all of their lives. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I longed for funny stories about the sort of children who lived in my neighborhood (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I feel sometimes that in children’s books there are more and more grim problems, but I don’t know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) Children want to do what grownups do (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am familiar with the music written for that instrument. I am also fond of the popular music of the 1930s because my future husband and I danced to it so many Saturday nights when we were in college. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I don’t necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that’s most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there. (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I just wrote about childhood as I had known it (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I write in longhand on yellow legal pads (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all (Beverly Cleary Quotes) I was an only child; I didn’t have a sister, or sisters (Beverly Cleary Quotes)

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