Quando escreveu o primeiro livro, Cleary era bibliotecária infantil e isso marcou a sua direcção literária. Criou várias personagens icónicas que marcaram várias gerações, como Henry Huggins e o seu cão Ribsy, ou Ramona Quimby. Ganhou vários prémios, entre os quais o National Book Award em 1981.
Para comemorar esta idade maravilhosa, deixamos algumas frases de Beverly, cheias de vida e sabedoria:
"In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling and leaping about in the midst of the sails of ships!"
"Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school."
"I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it."
"In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids' needs haven't changed. They still need to feel safe, be close to their families, like their teachers, and have friends to play with."
"My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted."
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