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Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
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Ramona the Pest (1968)

by Beverly Cleary

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Series: Ramona Quimby (2)

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This is a good transition book that takes children from picture books chapter books with ease.
  DakotahEpple | Apr 30, 2013 |
Little Ramona Quimby has just started kindergarten, which opens the door to all kinds of new adventures. She learns how to write letters (often like animals), how to play new games, and gets a big lesson in getting along with her peers. All of this is hard on a little girl, but don't tell Ramona that! She thinks she's all grown up now. ( )
  LeighAnneJensen | Apr 23, 2013 |
It's been quite a while since I read one of Beverly Cleary's books. I forgot how funny they are. I think it's great that her books can make me laugh just as much now as they did 20 years ago. I really like the perspective this book gives on what makes an unruly child act the way he or she does. ( )
  __Lindsey__ | Apr 17, 2013 |
I read the Ramona books over and over again when I was a kid. Beverly Cleary wins me over, and so, always, does Ramona. ( )
  E.J | Apr 3, 2013 |
Ramona is starting Kindergarten and the reader or listener gets to go through this milestone with her and experience the wide range of feelings and emotions associated with it. As she is a unique little girl with a creative imagination the story is filled with her unforgettable and never ending experiences both good and bad. This is a perfect beginning chapter book to read aloud to emergent readers and for early/transitional readers to begin to engage in independently as they will easily be able to personally relate to the main character Ramona, who will likely be the same age or near the same age, and exhibit traits that the readers will connect to:funny, mischievous, creative, adventurous, bossy,determined,and lovable.
  darleenanderson | Mar 25, 2013 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Cleary, Beverlyprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Darling, LouisIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Dockray, TracyIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rogers, JacquelineIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"I am not a pest," Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.
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She was not going to pick up her crayons.  Nobody could make her pick up her crayons.  Nobody. Not her father nor her mother.  Not even the principal.  Not even God.
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The engaging tale of young Ramona Quimby's first days in kindergarten, Ramona the Pest takes a pint-sized perspective on the trials and delights of beginning school. Ramona can't wait to learn all the important things. But she's disappointed when her teacher can't fill in missing parts of story lines, such as how Mike Mulligan (of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel) went to the bathroom while digging the basement of the town hall. Nonetheless, Ramona loves her teacher, and loves going to school in spite of the torments--having to wear hand-me-down boots, for example, or having to (sometimes) suppress the urge to pull on another girl's "boing-boing" curls. Ramona's energetic take on life appeals to children who have passed through this stage, or who are dealing with a kindergarten-age sibling who is exhibiting Ramona-ish tendencies. (Ages 7 to 12) --Richard Farr

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Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.

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