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crizzle's review against another edition
3.0
The girls are sad that we only have one Ramona book left.
aedgeworth27's review against another edition
5.0
Another Ramona book with my girls! We loved this one! Such a sweet ending!
amynbell's review
5.0
I only read 2 Ramona books when I was a child, and this was one of them. I'm pretty sure I bought it through Weekly Reader or Scholastic. Sadly, the only series books we had in our school library were Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and Bobbsey Twins. I would have eaten this series up as much as my daughter is. I'm glad this was one of the 2 books I read because it's one of the better ones.
Howie's Uncle Hobart comes to town, bringing an accordion and unicycle as gifts. He also sweeps someone off their feet resulting in a wedding which he manages to single-handedly plan in a day or 2. This book has the right balance of fun and real life to make it one of the better of the books in the series.
Strangely, one of the few things I remembered from reading this as a child was the phrase "zwieback crumbs". With the help of Google, I at long last know what they are.
Hearing that we only have 1 book left to go in the series, my daughter declared that, when she grows up, she's going to write the next book in the series. I told her that she can write it now and send it to the author for her 100th birthday.
Howie's Uncle Hobart comes to town, bringing an accordion and unicycle as gifts. He also sweeps someone off their feet resulting in a wedding which he manages to single-handedly plan in a day or 2. This book has the right balance of fun and real life to make it one of the better of the books in the series.
Strangely, one of the few things I remembered from reading this as a child was the phrase "zwieback crumbs". With the help of Google, I at long last know what they are.
Hearing that we only have 1 book left to go in the series, my daughter declared that, when she grows up, she's going to write the next book in the series. I told her that she can write it now and send it to the author for her 100th birthday.
sharonfalduto's review against another edition
5.0
Read this one aloud with Piper. I still love how Beverly Cleary captures childhood, and families. I don't understand how Mr. Quimby got offered a job in a one-room schoolhouse in Oregon in a book written in 1982. What kind of backwoods was southeast Oregon?
I bet she thought this was the last Ramona book, until she wrote Ramona's World 15 years later (boy, and Harry Potter fans thought they had it rough!) in this one Ramona's cat dies, her aunt gets married, her father gets a new job, AND she gets a new sibling. Lots of things going on for a 2nd grader.
I bet she thought this was the last Ramona book, until she wrote Ramona's World 15 years later (boy, and Harry Potter fans thought they had it rough!) in this one Ramona's cat dies, her aunt gets married, her father gets a new job, AND she gets a new sibling. Lots of things going on for a 2nd grader.
jessalynn_librarian's review
4.0
I know I read this one as a kid, because the opening chapter with Uncle Hobart, the unicycle, and the accordion felt familiar. But I'd completely forgotten about Aunt Bea, Roberta, and some of the bigger plot points. Ben enjoyed this one as always, but for me it wasn't quite as perfect as some of the earlier books. There's more reliance on those big plot points, and less focus on those little everyday things that feel so hilarious and poignant at the same time.
bethnellvaccaro's review against another edition
5.0
Another great one. I am remembering more and more as I progress through the series since these were the most recently read. No on to the last installment.
heykellyjensen's review against another edition
Basically, they don't mourn the cat's death and they name the new baby something exceptionally similar to Ramona (Roberta).
What I loved: Beatrice talks about how one of her friends makes fun of what her father does for a living, and Beezus is really protective about her dad's trying to make ends meet. I kind of wish we got to see this series through B's eyes, in part because she's got a lot of really interesting insights that, through the eyes of a younger Ramona, we don't get.
Also, I want to know more about the speedy marriage of Aunt Beatrice to the rich uncle and the quick move to Alaska because lol drama.
What I loved: Beatrice talks about how one of her friends makes fun of what her father does for a living, and Beezus is really protective about her dad's trying to make ends meet. I kind of wish we got to see this series through B's eyes, in part because she's got a lot of really interesting insights that, through the eyes of a younger Ramona, we don't get.
Also, I want to know more about the speedy marriage of Aunt Beatrice to the rich uncle and the quick move to Alaska because lol drama.
finesilkflower's review against another edition
5.0
Classic Ramona, one of my favorites. Ramona convinces her parents to let her stay home with Beezus instead of staying at Howie's after school, which pleases her but leads to friction between the sisters. Meanwhile, Howie's mysterious uncle breezes into town.
The major events of the end concern a wedding (my mom loves this literary description of a wedding because it's so sudden and unplanned; Howie's uncle declares that women just don't know how to throw weddings and he just goes to the mall and gets it all done, dresses, rings, flowers, etc.) But the description that rings the truest with me is the feelings of staying with another family when your parents can't take care of you--the alienation and awkwardness of trying to blend into their family's rules and traditions while always knowing you are an outsider and not really entitled to their food or comforts.
Beverly Clearly is incredibly gifted at expressing a child's emotions with clarity and vividness and emotional heart. She dredges up emotions you didn't remember you had but that feel clear as day when you relive them through Ramona.
The major events of the end concern a wedding (my mom loves this literary description of a wedding because it's so sudden and unplanned; Howie's uncle declares that women just don't know how to throw weddings and he just goes to the mall and gets it all done, dresses, rings, flowers, etc.) But the description that rings the truest with me is the feelings of staying with another family when your parents can't take care of you--the alienation and awkwardness of trying to blend into their family's rules and traditions while always knowing you are an outsider and not really entitled to their food or comforts.
Beverly Clearly is incredibly gifted at expressing a child's emotions with clarity and vividness and emotional heart. She dredges up emotions you didn't remember you had but that feel clear as day when you relive them through Ramona.
cashleykate's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5