Ramona Surprised Cleary By Sticking Around Ramona couldn’t pronounce her real name, Beatrice, so now everyone called her Beezus.Īs for the little sister’s name, Cleary overheard a neighbor outside calling to someone named Ramona and promptly put the name in the book. When she went to add a female friend for Henry, she included a little sister to explain Beezus’s nickname. Cleary tossed Ramona into the book because she realized none of her characters had siblings. Ramona Was An Accidental Characterīeezus and Ramona appeared as minor characters in Cleary’s first novel, Henry Huggins (1950). While her older sister Beezus calls her a “pest,” Ramona’s imaginative and lively nature is why readers still love her all these years later. Ramona Quimby-the protagonist of Beverly Cleary’s popular series of children's novels-has a knack for getting into trouble, whether it’s dropping out of kindergarten, squeezing a tube of toothpaste down a sink, or cracking a hard-boiled egg on her head to show off (only to find her mom forgot to boil it).
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