Rating: Summary: the first Beverly Cleary book I ever read... Review: ...and the only one to be written from the point of view of Beezus, Ramona's older sister. Beezus is a sensible, responsible nine-year-old with a hellion for a little sister. Her sister rides her tricycle in the house, ruins checker gains, locks Henry's dog Ribsy in the bathroom, colors in library books, and--most amusingly--takes one bite out of each of a whole box of apples, "because the first bite tastes best." Learning to get along with siblings is not always easy, but it can be fun!
Rating: Summary: Ramona Never Knows When to Quit Review: ...Ramona never takes a day off from bothering her sister, Beezus. Whether she's embarrassing her sister, or locking dogs in the bathroom, Ramona just can't seem to quit. Ramona is always doing something crazy, like baking her doll in Beezus's birthday cake. "Is the witch done, yet?"
Rating: Summary: A Simple but Wonderful Book Review: 9-year old Beezus has a big problem- her little sister. She knows a lot of people with four-year old sisters, but none of them are nearly as much trouble as Ramona. She is always being an annoyance. She constantly wants her favorite book read to her, and Beezus gets stuck reading it to her. She rides her tricycle around the house and crashes into the table where Beezus and Henry are playing checkers. Then she gets into trouble and sent to her room, then decides to punish Henry's dog Ribsy by locking him in the bathroom. She ruins Beezus's birthday cake- twice!Beezus decides she does not love her little sister. Not one bit. What kind of awful person doesn't love her own sister? She knows that sisters should get along, like her mother and Aunt Beatrice. But then she learns that all sisters fight and do not always love each other- even her mother and Aunt Beatrice. Even though this book is at a quite easy reading level, I would recommend it even to adults because it is a humorous but wise book- Cleary knew how four-year old sisters thought when she wrote this.
Rating: Summary: Funny Review: A sweet story about a sensible girl and her spirited younger sister. Ramona is one of the funniest characters I have ever read about. I have enjoyed watching her grow through the series of books that Beverly Cleary has devoted to her, but I have never tired of reading about what a brat she was when she was little. I first read about Ramona in the Henry Huggins books. Since then I have thought she was as interesting as she was exasperating. When I have children, especially daughters, I will make sure that Beezus and Ramona is one of the first chapter books they read.
Rating: Summary: SISTER, SISTER Review: Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby is often at sword's poits with her 4-year-old sister, Ramona. The fourth grader has a full plate with homework, peers and watching her delightfully high spirited sister, Ramona. Ramona loves books about construction equipment, loves all kinds of machinery, insists that her name is written with a series of scribbled i's and t's because she saw Beezus writing her name "Beatrice" in script and liked the way the i's and t's looked; she had wonderfully original expressions such as her eyes were "brown and white," she throws a party without permission and she has the police escort her home on one occasion. My favorite part was when Ramona accidentally ruined Beezus' birthday cake. She placed a rubber doll in Beezus' cake while it was still in the oven. Her explanation? She was pretending to be the witch in "Hansel & Gretel." I laughed until I cried at that part. It was hilarious! Luckily, the girls' Aunt Beatrice saves the day by buying Beezus a birthday cake. She regales the girls with stories about how she was a "Ramona" to their mother, her older sister. This is truly a classic that I still love. Ramona was my first favorite fictional female protagonist. She was bright and high spirited and I could relate to that. I still love Ramona.
Rating: Summary: A Funnny Childrens Book Review: Beezus and Ramona is a funny and childishly humorous book fun for all ages and great for parents to read to kids.
Rating: Summary: I Always Loved It! Review: Beezus and Ramona's childhood capers are not to be forgotten! I've always loved this book! Keep up the good work!
Rating: Summary: The Best Book for Young Children! Review: Even fifty years later there is no stop to the love of this book, and everyone who has read it can relate to it. In this, you might sympathize with Beezus over the trials and tribulations of little Ramona, act like a pest (as Grown-ups called her) like Ramona, and enjoy the ups and downs of having a little sister. When I was twelve, I was fortunate enough to fly across the country with my family just so we could see the "Ramona Setting" in Portland, Oregon. In tow with all the Beverly Cleary books (although in these days, there were not much) I had, I checked out all of the important points in the books. If you ever go to Portland, OR, take a look at Kickalat Street - it's great!
Rating: Summary: Beezus & Ramona ARE FOREVER! Review: I first read this book as a kid, and have since read it to nephews, nieces, and an 8-year-old boy I was tutoring through the Boys' and Girls' Club. Everyone LOVES Beezus and Ramona. When I first read the book, I almost fell out of my chair laughing, especially the last chapter dealing with Beezus' birthday and Ramona's immortal line, innocently asked: "Is the witch done yet? " (Sorry, you have to read the book to know what I'm writing about. Nyah nyah nyah!) Just thinking about it has me laughing like a maniac. I hope Mrs. Cleary never stops writing. Her gentle sense of humor is desperately needed in this chaotic world.
Rating: Summary: Memories! Review: I have always liked this book. When I was four years old, my sister had every book in the series, which was good for me. I used to climb up to her bookshelf and take the books. It was when I was in the middle of the second book that this was a good series... wonderful. When I got older I cut my hair like Ramona's and wanted to change my name to Ramona. I couldn't, but just thinking about this brings back memories.
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