About this title: The beloved author of such classic children's books as "Henry Huggins" and "Dear Mr. Henshaw" tells of her early life in Oregon, first on the family farm in Yamhill, and later in Portland during the Depression. Readers will learn about the childhood of the creator of Ramona, and find parts of her life that made their way into her books.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Teen
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688078003ISBN:0688078001
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Teen
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688078003ISBN:0688078001
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperTeen
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780688078003ISBN:0688078001
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Description: Fair. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fair. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yearling
Date Published: 1989-05-01
ISBN-13:9780440401858ISBN:0440401852
Description: Very Good. This is a very nice paperback copy. Binding is tight and square. No stickers. Text is clean and bright. P/O name is on FFEP. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
"I think this book may have a limited audience: Those interested in Beverly Cleary, or those interested in the 1st half of the 20th century in Oregon. That said, it was really interesting to me, and I whipped on through it."
"If memory serves, I started to read this when it came out in 1988, but was deterred by the sad fact that to my 12-year-old self, Beverly Cleary was passe (when I had moved on to much more adult things, you know, like V.C. Andrews) and by a central character less compelling than Emily Bartlett, Leigh Botts, Jane Purdy (still my favorites). But I'm glad I waited, actually, because all the geography means a LOT more to me now; I too love going to the Hollywood Theater, for instance, and I have been to her school, library, and the houses on NE 37th and NE Hancock. Plus I get the adult stuff more, but I'm not so far from reading her other books as not to get the references (ring OWCHEE bells!).
--- This could still describe a Reed College freshman:
"A Reed College freshman I shall call Roger . . . invited me to a dance held in the Reed College Commons. Roger turned out to be more interesting than high school boys, even though his dancing was worse than mine. He loped to some mysterious rhythm all his own, with great enthusiasm and sweat on his brow."
On another personal note, I like that she chose Chaffey (and then Berkeley) over Reed!
--- Finally, I am going to start saying overtown instead of downtown now."
"It has been years since reading this book but I have read it several times. I really loved it, it is an autobiography about the early life of the author Beverly Cleary."
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