Who is ramona quimbys best friend

Ramona, naturally, is mortified. When she brings Chevrolet to school for show and tell, the whole class laughs at her. While Beezus is babysitting in Beezus and Ramona , Ramona goes down to the basement, where she finds a huge crate of apples and eats one bite out of every single one of them, because the first bite is the best, of course.

It was a silly contest, but I was determined to win. While my classmates gave a valiant effort, I persevered until I blew a monster bubble the size of my face. Inevitably it popped.

A nice teacher sat me down in the corner of the classroom where she tried to remove the bubble gum with hand lotion. It sort of worked and I felt very embarrassed. This seemed like something Ramona would do and so I felt a little better.

Chalkboards became white boards which became smart boards. Big life lessons packed in small books with humor and heart. April 18, at PM. April 19, at AM. It really is amazing how many real issues she was able to share and tell in these children books. I will always remember one night growing up at supper we had tongue just like Ramona and her family did after times got tough. Thanks for sharing this story Val! April 20, at AM.

I love Beverly Cleary as well and loved reading your thoughts about Ramona and how you felt like her at times. I think almost every little girl who read those books could identify as well with those situations. I never felt like I fit in and that was difficult at times but encouraging books like these helped a lot. Thank you for sharing such a great perspective. April 21, at AM. I adore Ramona as well!

Some of those books were written by Beverly Cleary and featured, you guessed it, a small girl named Ramona Geraldine! We became friends as soon as my mother introduced us; she herself had also befriended Ramona many years before. When I heard that the woman who provided a friend for so many children like my mother and myself had passed away on Friday, I felt a deep sadness, but also a warm glow of happiness. And, thanks to the wonderful world of books, you can always reach out and rekindle that friendship.

Suddenly, in a sweet Monday miracle, we were all smiling and looking off into an upper corner of our respective Zoom screens, recalling a playdate with Henry Huggins, or Ralph S. Mouse, or, of course, Ramona the Pest.

What was that hilarious vignette with the worms again? We were all a little distracted from our to-do lists because our younger selves were having a good laugh. Her first novel was about Henry Huggins and his beloved dog Ribsy, and it came into the world in Ramona decided to wash cars instead of selling lemonade after her sister took a sip, realized that there was a fly in her mouth, and sprayed the "delishus" drink all over Henry.

When her sister Beezus Quimby is home, Ramona throws a party with all her friends. During the party, the house gets wrecked and Ramona wears pink rabbit ears and hops like a rabbit.

Beezus Quimby becomes angered. When Ramona starts kindergarten, her teacher says she is present. Ramona thinks this means that the teacher likes her so she is getting a present. But, she sees a girl with curls that would bounce if she pulled them. Ramona wants to pull her hair. But then, a game of duck-duck-goose starts. Ramona focuses strictly on the present. After the game, Ramona asks the teacher if she is getting a present because she said so.

The teacher tells her that present just meant that she was there and that sitting in her seat during the present means sitting there for now. Ramona is disappointed. Ramona wants a toy truck. Beezus Quimby says that girls should like quiet things. Ramona does not listen. After seeing a commercial for hamburgers featuring a child actress, Ramona asks Beezus Quimby how much the child actor is paid.

Beezus Quimby says that he gets paid thousands of dollars. So, Ramona tells her that she wants to be in a commercial too. Just her luck, a peanut butter commercial shooting in town needs a girl Ramona's age to play a princess.