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I loved the Beezus and Ramona books. It sometimes felt like Ms. Cleary was writing about my little sister and me; the illustrations even bore an eerie resemblance to us. My kid sister was the cute pest who annoyed me constantly, but whom I loved in spite of everything, because, after all, she was my sister. I'm so happy that Beverly Cleary has been so prolific--there are lots of books that I liked when I was a kid that seem a bit dated now, but the Ramona books will never, never, never go out of date as long as little sisters pester their big ones.
