 First edition cover | |
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
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| Illustrator | Louis Darling |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ramona |
| Genre | Children's |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
Publication date | 1955 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 183 pp |
| OCLC | 21500010 |
| Followed by | Ramona the Pest (1968) |
Beezus and Ramona is a 1955 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the first of Cleary's books to focus on Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice, known as Beezus. Beezus and Ramona is realistic fiction, written from nine-year-old Beezus's point of view, as she struggles to get along with her four-year-old sister. Eventually becoming the first book of the Ramona series, it was originally illustrated by Louis Darling;[1] later editions were illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and then by Tracy Dockray.[2]
- ^ "Illus. Louis Darling". Beezus and Ramona. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ "Worldcat". Retrieved 2012-04-21.