LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American children's book author Beverly Cleary, who responded to a young reader's plea for realistic characters by bringing rare insight and humor to the lives of Ramona Quimby ...

Beverly’s mom encouraged her daughter and others to read by setting up a small library in their tiny town of Yamhill, OR when Bevelry was just a child. She went on to graduate from the School of ...

CARMEL (CBS SF) -- Beverly Cleary, the treasured writer of such classic children's books as "Henry Huggins," "Ramona and Beezus" and "The Mouse and the Motorcycle," has died at her home in Carmel at ...

Children's author Beverly Cleary died Thursday in Carmel, Calif., her publisher HarperCollins said. She was 104 years old. Cleary was the creator of some of the most authentic characters in children's ...

Beverly Cleary's iconic but regular third grader, Henry Huggins, was introduced to the world in 1950. The six books in the series follow the everyday adventures of Henry and his canine companion, ...