Beverly Cleary

Separated from his owner, Henry Huggins, in a shopping center parking lot, an ordinary city dog begins a string of bewildering adventures.

Beezus' biggest problem is her 4-year-old sister Ramona. Even though Beezus knows sisters are supposed to love each other, with a sister like Ramona, it seems impossible.

Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich Uncle Hobart, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.

The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.

Henry Huggins, his dog Ribsy, and his friend Beezus, busy themselves with trying to earn enough money for Henry to buy a bicycle.

Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham's 4th grade class.

Ellen was eight years old and wore bands on her teeth. Her best friend had just moved away and she missed her. Still, as she walked to the Spofford School of the Dance one Saturday, she was almost glad she had no best friend. Best friends do not have secrets from each other, and Ellen had a secret she did not want to share with anyone. But by the time the dancing lesson was over (surely the most devastating dancing lesson on record), Ellen had found...

Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of knowledge for her.

Third-grader Ramona looks forward to being a bridesmaid at her aunt's wedding, but dreads moving if her father finds a new teaching job in "Ramona Forever," and in "Ramona the Pest," Ramona's entry into kindergarten becomes a big event for all concerned.

Beezus and Ramona: Four-year-old Ramona has an imagination that makes her a menace to everyone around her, particularly her older sister, Beezus. Ramona and her father: Ramona tries to help her dad when he loses his job and starts smoking too much.