The Beloved Beverly Cleary The revered author who gave children a reason to read

With witty yet economic prose and a gift for recalling the inner emotions of childhood,Beverly Cleary wove timeless tales that took young readers back to the Portland,Oregon,of her youth.Her stories served as a collective touchstone for the childhoods of many baby boomers,and succeeding generations,who saw themselves in the pages of her work.Cleary died[earlier this year]in Carmel,California,where she had lived since the 1960s.She was 104.