A review by juliasilge
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

5.0

My daughter (1st grade) is finishing up this series and has been really, really taken by Ramona. This is probably the first time a series with more literary merit (i.e. not Magic Tree House or Junie B. Jones) has engrossed her, which is encouraging to me. :) She thought [b:Beezus and Ramona|91244|Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)|Beverly Cleary|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1171227884s/91244.jpg|933852] was pretty OK but once she got to [b:Ramona the Pest|78039|Ramona the Pest (Ramona, #2)|Beverly Cleary|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1170914054s/78039.jpg|1284999] and the following installments, she loved them. She literally cried when Picky-Picky died in [b:Ramona Forever|91249|Ramona Forever (Ramona, #7)|Beverly Cleary|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1266470149s/91249.jpg|2494398]. It is such a joy to see her move out of the absolute-beginner chapter books into this level of reading.