Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
I just finished reading this with my 6 year old and we loved it! I read all of the Ramona books when I was younger, but I had forgotten how delightful and funny they are.
In this first book about Ramona she is four and she is really good at annoying her older sister. From taking one bite out of a whole box of apples to baking her plastic doll into Beezus’ birthday cake, she gets into a lot of trouble! And Beezus, who has a hard time loving her when she’s causing so much trouble, learns an important lesson about sisters. We can’t wait to start the next one tomorrow. I would give this book a 10/10.
Tags: Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby
August 11th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I loved, loved, loved Ramona when I was a little girl! I re-read the first few books last year and had meant to re-read my way through the whole series but never did. I am sure I will be using them as read alouds with my kids in the not too distant future.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I loved all the Ramona books. Loved? Still do.
Ive listened to some of them as audiobooks too. I cant remember which one it was, when Ramona’s mom hosts a party for Beezus’s friends. Such chaos. But so funny.