Beverly Cleary

Separated from his owner, Henry Huggins, in a shopping center parking lot, an ordinary city dog begins a string of bewildering adventures.

In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.

The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the Bricker household.

Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher. In this touching and funny story, the ebullient Ramona, feeling brave and grown-up, enters first grade. Quickly she finds that her new teacher, Mrs. Griggs, appears perplexed by pupils who like to be different. Since Ramona cannot help being different, clearly the two are incompatible. Nevertheless, Ramona can be counted on to keep things lively. Enraged when Susan copies...

Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.

Ramona's job is to be nice to fussy Mrs. Kemp, who watches her while her mother works.

Henry Huggins makes a deal with his father--if Henry can keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for a month, he can go fishing with his father. Ribsy does his best to make Henry lose the deal.

Henry Huggins gets carried away with his own ambitions when he longs for a paper route of his own, and gets some unexpected help from the irrespressible and inescapable Ramona Quimby.

A story about a boy and his friends who build a clubhouse that spells trouble when they exclude Ramona and Beezus who try to sneak in.