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Summary: funny book!!!
Review: Absolutely the best Beverly Clearybok ever, and one of the funniest children's books of all time. I read it to my students every year, and they become instant Beverly Cleary fans.
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Summary: The Beginning
Review: Although this is now classified by amazon as book2 in the Ramona series, I actually consider this book to be the first one. Beezus and Ramona focused on Beezus and her inner thoughts, and Ramona was just an antagonistic presence that Beezus had to endure. For the first time, we get to be inside Ramona's head. Up to this point, all Ramona did was cause trouble for Beezus, and Henry and everybody else on Klickitat Street. But this book gives us the chance to see things from Ramona's perspective, and you know what... it makes sense. Suddenly, Ramona ceases being the neighborhood pain to a little girl who really wants to be noticed and loved. (You can even see it in the earlier books that Ramona is the youngest child in her neighborhood, hence her refuge in television and make believe). rereading thsi book as an adult, the scene with Ramona in kingergarten are so real, as are the descriptions of Miss Binney, the first year teacher who occasionally doesn't really know what to make of her students. Clearly, these were things that college didn't prepare her for. This is a great introduction to the MIND of Ramona, and prepares for lots of enjoyments of the ups and downs in Ramona's life in the years to come. It also introduces many characters who are integral later down the road, including arch-enemy Susan. Of particular note are the still enjoyable drawings of the late Louis Darling who perfectly captures the innocence of kindergraten, and the feelings of a little girl who just wants to be seen as special.
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Summary: Inspiring, invigorating, impossible to keep a straight face!
Review: Among one of the first books I'd ever read, it sparked a lifelong passion for reading-Thank you, Beverly Cleary!
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Summary: One of the best children's books I have read!
Review: Beverly Cleary has presented us with a delightful, funny story about a naughty young girl named Ramona Quimby and her experiences in kindergarten. This book was first read to us by our third grade teacher, after which I read it and other books by Cleary. It reminds me so vividly about the sweet innocence of being a child and the many challenges and expectations presented by the dynamic world of adults. I think this book would be enjoyed by anyone wanting a good laugh and a healthy reminder that we were all once kids. Ramona Quimby might be fictional, but her life can be an accurate portrayal of any middle class subarbanite in the United States.
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Summary: Ramona...a Pest?
Review: Beverly Cleary is the master of creating timeless characters and Ramona Quimby is a timeless character. I read this book when I was a little girl, I fell in love with it, and now I am reading it to my 4 year old son, who begs for a new chapter every night. Ramona isn't really a pest, but just a curious child, but that leads to all kinds of trouble as she starts kindergarten. Because of her new found troubles she almost decides she doesn't want to be there anymore. Beverly Cleary really knows how to realate to children. It is simply no wonder that she has surpassed at least two generations with her work as an uncomparable author. She makes you laugh and feel all at the same time.
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Summary: A sure book to get your child hooked on reading!!
Review: Beverly Cleary's books are very humorous! As a child I throughly enjoyed all of her books. This is on of my all-time favorites! It is funny & true to life. The reader can relate to Ramona. After you read one of her books, you'll want to read them all!!
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Summary: Boing!
Review: Everything was going well for Ramona- until Kindergarten came. Ramona thought she was going to learn to read and write- not listen to "Mike Mulligan's steam shovel!" And why does Miss Binney mysteriously stay home from school one day? Why does Susan with her beautiful boing-boing curls turn out to be an enemy? There are so many questions, and only a year to answer them all! I recommend this book to all young readers, especially girls.
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Summary: Both the 12- and the 6-year old were rolling in the aisles
Review: From my long past days of teaching elementary school, I remember that Beverly Cleary's books were the general favourite of those in my classes. I recently acquired sets for my niece and nephew, and this book in particular had both of them laughing aloud - not a small feat when kids are, respectively, 12 and 6, and the former is not without a marked similarity to Ramona in some respects. I myself nearly choked at "sit here for the present," and the Mike Mulligan dilemma. Besides a vivid and delightful writing style, Beverly's books undoubtedly have a wide appeal because the incidents described are comparable to what children would have in their own lives or in those of others they know. The characters seem like close friends ... or, at the very least, friends one wishes one had.
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Summary: I love Beverly Cleary's books
Review: I absolutely love the way Beverly Cleary writes these books with such a sharp, gentle, and compassionate understanding of how children act, think, and respond to anything and everything. I would be very surprised if anybody who read these Ramona books could not look back on their childhoods and relate to Ramona's innocent thoughts. Cleary has one heck of a knack with these books, and I recommend them for EVERYONE, even adults. No matter what age you are, you can get a kick out of little Ramona Quimby and her unpredictable antics, and throughout it all, you get a beautiful and innocent glimpse at childhood.
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Summary: Ramona the Pest is GREAT!
Review: I am in second-grade. My teacher read this book to us in class, and I liked it so much I read it myself. It's about a little girl who is always doing everything wrong. A lot of parts are funny. One funny part was when Ramona stuck her tongue out at her neighbor because she asked if her tongue was glued to her mouth because she wasn't speaking. She has an older sister Beezus who is sometimes a big tattle-tale. Anyway, I really liked the book and now I am reading "Ramona and her Mother." Madeleine, age 8.
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