A review by supergirls_2008
Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary

Reading this aloud to my 4 year old… I can definitely tell it was written in the 70s. I saw this on a list of recommended first chapter books, as my daughter is starting to become interested in chapter books, but I think a lot of it is too old for her and there are some really weird parts I’ve had to skip over… lots of bullying, a mean teacher, a few pages about “Jesus Beezus”, followed by a few pages about “taking the Lords name in vain”, and some time spent dedicated to Ramona complaining about how her “liberated” mom’s new part time job was inconvenient because she wouldn’t have time to make cookies and run errands