What Beverly Cleary’s Legacy Means for Children Today

All children need to see themselves in the books they read. Beverly Cleary understood this at a time when many others didn’t.

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“I hope children will be happy with the books I’ve written and go on to be readers all of their lives.” ~ Beverly Cleary

I don’t know many people my age (52 next week) who didn’t grow up loving Beverly Cleary’s imaginative…