Later, she was helped by her school librarian and she began enjoying reading books. She was in the Blackbirds group and considered it disgraceful.

She says that her class was divided into 3 groups, namely Bluebirds, Blackbirds, and Redbirds. During her first grade in school, she was made to join the struggling readers’ group because of her inability to read properly. When author Cleary was 6 years old, her family shifted to Portland, Oregon, where she completed her studies of elementary education and high school. Her father used to work as a farmer, while her mother was a school teacher. Cleary was the only child of her parents and used to live with them on a farm. She has reached 100 years of age, which is a rare achievement in itself. Author Cleary was born on April 12, 1916, as Beverly Atlee Bunn in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. The stories written by her are liberally full of humor. Most of the characters developed by her in her books are normal children who face different challenges in their lives, which many people face while growing up. Throughout her writing career, she has been associated with a number of literary associations, including the Library Service for Children Association, Congress Living Legend Library, etc.īeverly had written over 30 books in her writing career for the children and young adults. For her enormous contribution to the American literature throughout her lifetime, author Cleary was awarded with the National Medal of Arts as well as the Laura Wilde Medal. Her winning list of prestigious awards also includes the Newberry Medal for one of her successful novels titled Dear Mr. She has won the National Book Award in the year 1981 for one of her books titled ‘Ramona and Her Mother’. Some of the best known characters developed by Cleary include Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, Ralph S. She was considered to be one of the most successful writers of America as she had sold around 91 million printed copies of her novels, all over the world, since the publication of her debut novel in the year 1950.īeverly Cleary sadly passed on March 25th, 2021. Beverly Cleary was one of the mostwell known American authors of the children and young adult fiction books.

Sister of the bride by beverly cleary