Ramona the Pest

I never went to kindergarten and I don’t recall books from my life before I went to school. So my reading adventures started in first grade where I picked it up quickly and was always on the search for more books to read. I was a regular at my school library and I think I spent a bit of time at the city library too. It wasn’t long before I was reading chapter books, and one of the writers I remember most from that time is Beverly Cleary. I read many of her books and the one that stands out in my mind is Ramona, the Pest. I had a great affection for those books and they still stand out from my childhood. Ramona was a fun character and nothing like me. I just enjoyed the adventures in her life. I was quite saddened to hear about Beverly Cleary’s death, aged 104 last week. May her memory live a long time.