THE WORLD OF BEVERLY CLEARY

We are just beginning a unit on the book Runaway Ralph. As we begin we will visit Beverly Cleary’s homepage to learn more about her. By learning about the author we can often relate to the books. To learn about Beverly Cleary and her characters visit this site http://beverlycleary.com. Make sure you look at the information in each section of the site. You will be amazed!

Complete the following questions after you have thoroughly viewed the site.

1. Why did Beverly Cleary decide to write children’s books?

2. Write a short biography about Ralph.

3. Look at all of the books Beverly Cleary has written. Choose a section: Ramona, Henry, Ellen, Ralph, or Leigh. Click on the books title and read a little bit about it.

Which book would you most like to read? Why?

4. Think of a question that you would like to ask Beverly Cleary

about herself or one of her books.