{"id":8883,"date":"2021-03-27T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=8883"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:45:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T02:45:17","slug":"beverly-cleary-beloved-childrens-book-author-dies-at-104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=8883","title":{"rendered":"Beverly Cleary, Beloved Children\u2019s Book Author, Dies at 104"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/26\/books\/beverly-cleary-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare\">William Grimes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-19x95yy-darkThemeClass-baseColumnClass-dropcapClass\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px\">\n<blockquote><p><u><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beverlycleary.com\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 104, 145); text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(50, 104, 145)\">Beverly Cleary<\/a><\/u>, who enthralled tens of millions of young readers with the adventures and mishaps of Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, the bratty Ramona Quimby and her older sister Beezus, and other residents of Klickitat Street, died on Thursday in Carmel, Calif. She was 104.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-19x95yy-darkThemeClass-baseColumnClass-dropcapClass\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px\">\n<blockquote><p>The death was<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><u><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/blogs\/press-releases\/harpercollins-mourns-the-loss-of-beloved-children-s-book-author-beverly-cleary\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(50, 104, 145); text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(50, 104, 145)\">announced<\/a><\/u><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>by HarperCollins, her publisher.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-19x95yy-darkThemeClass-baseColumnClass-dropcapClass\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% - 40px); max-width: 600px\">\n<blockquote><p>With \u201cHenry Huggins,\u201d published in 1950, Ms. Cleary, a librarian by trade, introduced a contemporary note into children\u2019s literature. In a humorous, lively style, she made compelling drama out of the everyday problems, small injustices and perplexing mysteries \u2014 adults chief among them \u2014 that define middle-class American childhood.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Grimes: Beverly Cleary, who enthralled tens of millions of young readers with the adventures and mishaps of Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, the bratty Ramona Quimby and her older sister Beezus, and other residents of Klickitat Street, died on Thursday in Carmel, Calif. She was 104. The death was&nbsp;announced&nbsp;by HarperCollins, her publisher. 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