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Beverly Atlee Cleary
Beverley Cleary was born on April 12, 1916 and died on March 25, 2021
Beverley Cleary had a career as a Librarian, childrens writer, and a novelist
Childhood
Beverly grew up on a farm in Yamhill, a town that was really small and had no library. Her mother was arranged with the state library and had books sent to Yamhill and worked as a librarian in a cottage. Beverly loved books but when Beverly moved to Portland she was in a grammer school´s really low reading circle and hated watching the kids struggle to read. Beverly felt sympathized for the problems of people who struggled to read.
When Beverly was in third grade she had defeated reading and was always surrounded by books wether it was at home or in the library. Beverly's school librarian suggested to her that maybe some day she should write books for boys and girls when she grows up. The idea appealed to her and she decided that someday she is going to write books that she wanted to see on the shelves but never saw.
Education
Went to a school in Portland and was struggling to read
Graduated from Portland´s Grant High School
Went to Chaffey Junior College in Ontario, California (2years)
Attended University of California, Berkeley and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
Accomplishments
Published her first book "Henry Higgins" (1950)
American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (1975)
Newbery Honor Book (1978 & 1982)
National Book Award (1981)
Newbery medal (1984)
Children book council Everychild award(1985)
Named a "living legend" by the library of Congress (2000)
Later Years
Beverly Cleary was married to Clarence Cleary who she met at a school dance. Beverly´s parents did not accept Clarence so Beverly and Clarence ran away and were married in 1940. In 1955 Beverly gave birth to twins, Malcolm and Marianne. Beverly´s husband died in 2004. Beverly was a writer of children´s and young adult fiction with 91 million copies of her books that have been sold worldwide since 1950. Beverly Cleary died on March 25, 2021 at the age of 104.
Bio-Poem
BEVERLY
Creative, passionate, and inspiring
Daughter of Mable Atlee Bunn, wife of Clarence Cleary, and mother of twins
Who loved books, children, and educating children about books
Who hated watching children struggle to read, loved spending time in the library, and loved telling stories for kids
Who feared that kids will always struggle to read, feared that authors will always make books boring, and feared that reading will never be fun and interesting for kids
Who made some of the most famous children books for the children to enjoy and have fun reading it
Who wanted to see all the children not struggle to read and for children to have fun reading books
Born in McMinnville, Oregon and lived in California
CLEARY
Beverly Cleary
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