![]() ![]() Mouse.” “Socks,” about a cat’s struggle for acceptance when his owners have a baby, is told from the point of view of the pet himself. “Ramona and Her Father” in 1978 and “Ramona Quimby, Age 8” in 1982 were named Newbery Honor Books.Ĭleary ventured into fantasy with “The Mouse and the Motorcycle,” and the sequels “Runaway Ralph” and “Ralph S. It “came about because two different boys from different parts of the country asked me to write a book about a boy whose parents were divorced,” she told National Public Radio as she neared her 90th birthday. ![]() Henshaw,” the touching story of a lonely boy who corresponds with a children’s book author, won the 1984 John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. So when I sat down to write, I found myself writing about the sort of children I had grown up with,” Cleary said in a 1993 Associated Press interview. “As a librarian, children were always asking for books about `kids like us.′ Well, there weren’t any books about kids like them. ![]() Actress Amy Poehler penned the front section of “Ramona Quimby, Age 8 ” author Kate DiCamillo wrote the opening for “The Mouse and the Motorcycle ” and author Judy Blume wrote the foreword for “Henry Huggins.”Ĭleary, a self-described “fuddy-duddy,” said there was a simple reason she began writing children’s books. ![]()
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