Beverly Cleary 1916-2021

She was 104 years old when she passed away yesterday.

I read a lot of her Ramona books growing up.

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Jesus 104. Rip :slightly_frowning_face::slightly_frowning_face::slightly_frowning_face::slightly_frowning_face::heart:

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I also read Ramona growing up!

Can’t believe she was a hundred and four

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Just heard about this on the news.

Dude I want to live that long.

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I also read the Ramona books as a kid. Plus, I kinda looked like Ramona too. :grinning:

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True confession: I was an avid reader as a child, clear up until I got schizophrenia at 19. My mom started us reading at an early age, by the time I was 7 I had read “Robin Hood”, “Treasure Island”, “Gulliver’s Travels”, “Pinocchio”, “Swiss Family Robinson”, “Aesop’s Fable’s”, and many others not to mention all kinds of Dr. Seuss books. A nice mixture.

But I also read some of my sisters books. So I read “Nancy Drew” which I actually liked better then “The Hardy Boys”. I also read “Pippi Longstocking” books and “Ramona”. They were good books.

I also read some of my dads books. My dad is the one who suggested the “Hobbit” to me and I read the whole series by the time I was 9 or 10.

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That’s shocking news, you just never can guess when you’re next.
Must have surprised a lot of people.

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