Topic - Beverly Cleary

Childhood has changed since the era depicted in Cleary’s books, and she told The Washington Post in 2016: “I think children today have a tough time, because they don’t have the freedom to run around as I did – and they have so many scheduled activities.”

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Cleary, a self-described “fuddy-duddy,” said there was a simple reason she began writing children’s books.

Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104 →