Ramona and Beezus, director Elizabeth Allen’s big-screen mashup of Beverly Cleary’s series of books about the most beguiling young pest in Portland, Ore., looks like a detergent commercial. It’s all ...

NEW YORK - Beverly Cleary, a beloved children’s book author who brought characters like Henry Huggins, Ramona and Beezus Quimby to life, has died. She was 104. HarperCollins Children’s Books confirmed ...

Kids who started reading anytime between the 1950s and today may know the books of Beverly Cleary, and at 94 she's still writing. Her books are set on Klickitat Street in Portland, Ore., which is a ...

Little kids and tweens girls, specifically will probably eat up Ramona and Beezus, or at least be suitably amused by it. They won t be troubled with things like a lack of plot or narrative momentum.

Little kids and tweens — girls, specifically — will probably eat up “Ramona and Beezus,” or at least be suitably amused by it. They won't be troubled with things like a lack of plot or narrative ...