Beverly Cleary
(1916 - 0)
Beverly Cleary (born April 12, 1916) is an American writer of more than 30 books for young adults and children. As one of America’s most successful authors of children’s literature, she has sold 91 million copies of her books worldwide. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice (“Beezus”) Quimby, her sister Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse. She won the 1981 National Book Award for Ramona and Her Mother and the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw.
For her lifetime contributions to American literature Cleary has received the National Medal of Arts, recognition as a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the children’s librarians.
Bibliography
Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
James Baldwin
Margery Williams Bianco
Thornton W. Burgess
Beverly Cleary
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Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 35 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Margery Williams Bianco
Beverly Cleary
Lydia Freeman
Gladys Schwarcz
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Maurice Sendak
Edward Shenton
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 42 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Margery Clark
Beverly Cleary
Col. Wm. F. Cody
Alfred Tennyson
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Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
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