Ramona Quimby
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Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a character from a series of novels by Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...

. She starts out in the Henry Huggins
Henry Huggins
Henry Huggins ' is a character appearing in a series of children's literature novels by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling, and first appearing in Henry Huggins. Henry is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon. The novels take place in the 1950s, which is when Cleary...

 series as the pestering little sister of Henry's friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family. She was given a larger role in the novel Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona is a 1955 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the first of Cleary's books that focus on Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice . Beezus and Ramona is told from Beezus' point of view...

. Then the series concentrated on her from kindergarten onward.

Character overview

Ramona is a very imaginative child. Often her imagination and her pretend games lead to embarrassing situations. To Ramona, all these situations are logical but most of the adults in Ramona's life do not understand her behavior. One such occasion is when Ramona pretends to be a fireman and goes to school with her pajamas on under her clothes. She begins to overheat and eventually is forced to tell her teacher. Ramona frequently copies what she sees on television or what other people around her are doing, such as attempting to look like a boy in a commercial but ending up with her hair tangled with burrs.

Ramona has the appearance of being a very happy-go-lucky, independent and brave child but is actually much more sensitive than she appears. She becomes easily upset by incidents involving unfair rules, unfair adults or being treated younger than she actually is. When she is not allowed to visit her little sister, Roberta, in hospital, due to her age, Ramona begins to feel depressed and sick. Ramona is upset for most of grade three due to a misunderstood comment made by her teacher, Mrs. Whaley. Her problems are usually resolved when she talks to her parents, sister or her teacher. Ramona and Beezus have a love/hate relationship. Ramona frequently annoys or unintentionally hurts Beezus' feelings but when Ramona needs support, Beezus usually helps her. As the girls await the birth of their new sister, Beezus calms a nervous Ramona and allows Ramona to share her bed for the night.

She is a talented artist but is bad at spelling. She says herself that she gets excited very easily, unlike her friend Howie
Howie Kemp
Howie Kemp is a fictional character in the Ramona series of novels by Beverly Cleary.-Fictional character personality:Howard "Howie" Kemp is the curly-haired boy who lives next door to Ramona. They are friends but sometimes they don't like each other. Howie is the polar opposite of Ramona. ...

 who later becomes her cousin after her Aunt Bea marries Howie's uncle Hobart. She sometimes dresses in unique costumes on Halloween and during a Christmas play to get attention. Yet she never wants to hide inside her costume. She wants people to know that the "baddest witch in the world" and the black-nosed sheep is Ramona.

Ramona also enjoys making noise, whether it's pounding bricks on the concrete with Howie in their game Brick Factory or clunking down the street on tin can stilt
Stilt
Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....

s.

She has a worn doll with green hair (actually, yellow, but with liquid bluing, an idea she got from Howie's grandmother) called Chevrolet in the early books. In Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona and Her Mother is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of the Ramona Quimby series. The book was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1979. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray....

, Ramona admits that she always thought Chevrolet was the most beautiful name in the world and doesn't understand why the adults are laughing. Also in Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona and Her Mother is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of the Ramona Quimby series. The book was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1979. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray....

, we meet a stuffed elephant named Ella Funt. Ramona tries to spend time with her mother while sewing pants for Ella Funt, but discovers that pants don't fit elephants very well! Ramona's other toys include her tricycle, floppy bunny ears, and her rubber doll, Bendix. Bendix is the doll that Ramona shoves in the oven on Beezus' 10th birthday, thereby managing to ruin TWO birthday cakes in one day during Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona is a 1955 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the first of Cleary's books that focus on Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice . Beezus and Ramona is told from Beezus' point of view...

 (the first one she ruined by throwing egg shells in the batter).

In the later books, like Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona and Her Mother is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of the Ramona Quimby series. The book was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1979. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray....

, Ramona and Her Father
Ramona and Her Father
Ramona and Her Father is a 1977 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of Cleary's Ramona Quimby series. The first edition of the book was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen...

, Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the sixth installment in the Ramona Quimby series. It was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1981. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray. It is a 1982 Newbery Honor award winner...

, Ramona Forever
Ramona Forever
Ramona Forever is a 1984 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. The first edition of the novel published in 1984 was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. The most current edition had been illustrated by Tracy Dockray...

 and Ramona's World
Ramona's World
Ramona's World is a 1999 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray. It is part of the Ramona Quimby series...

, Ramona is a bit more mature, being in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. She starts liking a boy named Danny, or Yard Ape, who is mean at the start, but starts being nice to Ramona. In Ramona's World, Danny likes Ramona. Ramona's enemy is Susan, whom Ramona thinks is a goody-goody. When Ramona starts 4th grade in Ramona's World
Ramona's World
Ramona's World is a 1999 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray. It is part of the Ramona Quimby series...

, she becomes best friends with a new girl, Daisy Kidd. Ramona thinks liking or not liking her teachers is important, and in 3rd grade, she starts out not liking Ms. Whaley, but ends up liking her. Same with her 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Meacham. Ramona is also very upset when she thinks she has found out that a teacher does not like her since she believes it is their job to like her and she also cares what they think. Something has happened to make her believe almost every teacher she has had did not like her. In Ramona Forever
Ramona Forever
Ramona Forever is a 1984 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. The first edition of the novel published in 1984 was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. The most current edition had been illustrated by Tracy Dockray...

, Ramona gets a baby sister, named Roberta Day Quimby. In Ramona Forever
Ramona Forever
Ramona Forever is a 1984 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. The first edition of the novel published in 1984 was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. The most current edition had been illustrated by Tracy Dockray...

, her cat Picky-Picky dies.

In the 1988 Canadian TV adaptation of the series, Ramona
Ramona (1988 TV series)
Ramona is a Canadian children's television series which followed the life of eight-year-old title character Ramona Quimby . It was based on the Ramona book series by Beverly Cleary....

, she is portrayed by Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...

. In the 2010 film adaptation
Film adaptation
Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...

, Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 Fox-Walden film adaptation of the Ramona series of novels by Beverly Cleary. The film's title derives from Beezus and Ramona, the first of Cleary's Ramona books, though the plot is mostly based on the sequels, particularly Ramona Forever and Ramona's World.-Plot:The film...

, she is portrayed by Joey King
Joey King
Joey Lynn King is an American child actress and singer who is known for her starring role as Ramona Quimby in the 2010 adaption of Beverly Cleary's well-known book series with the same title.- Personal life :...

.

Ramona's age

When Ramona started out in the Henry Huggins
Henry Huggins
Henry Huggins ' is a character appearing in a series of children's literature novels by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling, and first appearing in Henry Huggins. Henry is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon. The novels take place in the 1950s, which is when Cleary...

 books, she was 4. She was also this age in Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona
Beezus and Ramona is a 1955 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the first of Cleary's books that focus on Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice . Beezus and Ramona is told from Beezus' point of view...

. She is 5 years old in Ramona the Pest
Ramona the Pest
Ramona the Pest is the first of Beverly Cleary's books to focus on Ramona Quimby as the protagonist. This children's book chronicles the adventures of Ramona's first few months at kindergarten...

. In Ramona the Brave
Ramona the Brave
Ramona the Brave is a juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. The book was first published in 1975, seven years after Ramona the Pest, the previous installment of the Ramona series.-Plot summary:...

, Ramona is 6 years old. In Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona and Her Mother
Ramona and Her Mother is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of the Ramona Quimby series. The book was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1979. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray....

and Ramona and Her Father
Ramona and Her Father
Ramona and Her Father is a 1977 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of Cleary's Ramona Quimby series. The first edition of the book was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen...

, Ramona is 7 years old. In Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the sixth installment in the Ramona Quimby series. It was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1981. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray. It is a 1982 Newbery Honor award winner...

and Ramona Forever
Ramona Forever
Ramona Forever is a 1984 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. The first edition of the novel published in 1984 was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. The most current edition had been illustrated by Tracy Dockray...

, Ramona is 8 years old. In a book that is possibly her last, which is Ramona's World
Ramona's World
Ramona's World is a 1999 juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray. It is part of the Ramona Quimby series...

, Ramona starts out 9 years old, and turns 10 at the end. As her age increases, Ramona's maturity greatly increases as well. At age ten, she is still very rambunctious and imaginative but is now better able to understand the perspectives of adults and friends and the needs they might have.

External Links

  • Official Beverly Cleary Website
  • Ramona Quimby at the Internet Movie Database
    Internet Movie Database
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