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yeah_nahnia's review against another edition
3.0
Finally! It took me way too long to get through this one, despite the short length. While I liked the little vignettes, they became repetitive after a while. The story mostly holds up and has a bunch of great messages for children. While I would recommend it to kids around Beezus' age (8 or 9), the language does show its age, and there were a few terms that must have been used more back in the fifties, such as papoose.
vll295's review against another edition
4.0
Another author who I enjoyed as a kid! I always had my nose in a book.
doublearegee's review against another edition
Bedtime book for Charlotte. She loved it. The harmonica playing at the beginning and Ramona's party were big favorites, as was when Ramona ruined the cakes. Kid is looking forward to Ramona the Pest, which has gone into the queue.
juniperlamplight's review against another edition
2.0
Oh my GOSH, Ramona is such a troublemaker. She’d be living in time out if she were my daughter.
situationnormal's review against another edition
4.0
"Ramona Quimby, Age 8" was always one of my favorite books as a kid, but for some reason I never read the whole series. Ramona is adorable and terrible at the same time, and I loved this one. Great read-aloud, too, even for mixed ages.
dianametzger's review against another edition
4.0
Read to Isabel: She loved this series and very much relates to Ramona over Beezus.
maryehavens's review against another edition
5.0
The kids gave it five stars (or 7 if you are Jackson). Clearly, this book was one of my favorites as a child. I know this because I started remembering great details when I was reading it. Things like Bendix, the potholder Beezus was embroidering, applesauce and graham crackers (I fantasized this as the perfect snack because of this book), cotton candy/lollipop dragons, and muffin tins. Cleary just has a way with words that make them stick with you forever! She paints such a beautiful, wholesome (but not saccharine) view of the world that makes you want to jump into the Quimby's life, town, neighborhood, all of it!!
Now, as a parent, I see some issues with the whole situation. Why is Beezus made to watch Ramona so much? Why is Mrs. Quimby such a pushover with the other moms? Really? 15 kids under the age of 5 show up at your door on a rainy day and you just roll with it because you don't want to upset the other moms' plans to go shopping? And why did people want to get rid of their kids so much? What were they doing all day? (well, they were doing all the chores and things and didn't want kids to get underfoot. I get it but it seems strange in this day and age).
I still want to live in their world...maybe not as an adult or even a kid. As an observer. Maybe Aunt Beatrice....
Now, as a parent, I see some issues with the whole situation. Why is Beezus made to watch Ramona so much? Why is Mrs. Quimby such a pushover with the other moms? Really? 15 kids under the age of 5 show up at your door on a rainy day and you just roll with it because you don't want to upset the other moms' plans to go shopping? And why did people want to get rid of their kids so much? What were they doing all day? (well, they were doing all the chores and things and didn't want kids to get underfoot. I get it but it seems strange in this day and age).
I still want to live in their world...maybe not as an adult or even a kid. As an observer. Maybe Aunt Beatrice....