Beverly Cleary Quotes

Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there. - Beverly Cleary

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own. - Beverly Cleary

What interests me is what children go through while growing up. - Beverly Cleary

We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. - Beverly Cleary

Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood. - Beverly Cleary

People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don't really read children's books. - Beverly Cleary

People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her. - Beverly Cleary

One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since. - Beverly Cleary

My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books. - Beverly Cleary

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