Order of Beverly Cleary Books

Beverly Cleary was an American author of children’s books. Born in April 12th, 1916 she sadly passed on the 25th of March, 2021.

She wrote the Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby series. Cleary lived on a farm in Yamhill, Oregon; a town that didn’t even have a library. Despite this, Beverly loved to read, and her mother had the Oregon State Library send books to Yamhill. Soon, her family would move to Portland, where she went to school. Beverly’s first full-time job was as a librarian in Yakima, Washington where she observed children looking for the same kind of books she had looked for herself at their age – books about children themselves. She began writing books for children in order to give young readers something to relate to.

Beverly Cleary’s first book was Henry Huggins, published in 1950. Beverly has won numerous book awards and honours in her career, including the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. Below is a list of Beverly Cleary’s books in order of when they were first published:

Publication Order of Henry Huggins Books

Henry Huggins	(1950)
Henry and Beezus	(1952)
Henry and Ribsy	(1953)
Henry and the Paper Route	(1957)
Henry and the Clubhouse	(1962)
Ribsy	(1964)

Publication Order of Ellen & Otis Books

Ellen Tebbits	(1951)
Otis Spofford	(1953)

Publication Order of Ramona Quimby Books

Beezus and Ramona	(1955)
Ramona the Pest	(1968)
Ramona the Brave	(1975)
Ramona and Her Father	(1977)
Ramona and Her Mother	(1979)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8	(1981)
Ramona Forever	(1984)
Ramona's World	(1999)

Publication Order of Ramona Quimby Non-Fiction Books

The Beezus and Ramona Diary	(1986)
Just for Me	(2013)

Publication Order of First Love Books

Fifteen	(1956)
The Luckiest Girl	(1958)
Jean and Johnny	(1959)
Sister of the Bride	(1963)

Publication Order of Ralph S. Mouse Books

The Mouse and the Motorcycle	(1965)
Runaway Ralph	(1970)
Ralph S. Mouse	(1982)

Publication Order of Leigh Botts Books

Dear Mr. Henshaw	(1983)
Strider	(1991)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Beaver and Wally	(1961)
Emily's Runaway Imagination	(1961)
Here's Beaver!	(1961)
Ribsy and the P.T.A.	(1963)
Mitch and Amy	(1967)
Socks	(1973)
Leave It to Beaver	(1978)
Young Love	(1982)
Lucky Chuck	(1984)
Here Come The Twins	(1989)
The Twins Again	(1989)
Mouse House Trio	(1989)
Muggie Maggie	(1990)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Two Times the Fun

(2005)

Publication Order of Picture Books

The Hullabaloo ABC	(1960)
The Real Hole	(1960)
TWO DOG BISCUITS	(1986)
Janet's Thingamajigs	(1987)
The Growing-Up Feet	(1987)
Petey's Bedtime Story	(1993)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

A Girl from Yamhill	(1988)
My Own Two Feet	(1995)

If You Like Beverly Cleary Books, You’ll Love…

• Judy Blume
• Roald Dahl
• Megan McDonald

Beverly Cleary Synopsis: Two Times the Fun by Beverly Cleary is four separate picture books (The Real Hole, Two Dog Biscuits, The Growing-Up Feet and Janet’s Thingamajigs) re-illustrated and collected into a single volume. Jimmy and Janet are twins who aren’t so much alike. Jimmy has the idea to dig a hole, using a real shovel that grown-ups would use. While he’s digging, Janet, his sister, pretends to be a bird. Despite some differences, both of the twins love to be silly, wearing new boots and talking to the mailman, Mr. Lemon.

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One Response to “Order of Beverly Cleary Books”

1. markvs: 2 years ago

   Beverly Cleary was one of the first authors that I introduced to my first class in 1972. Today, I gave a Beverly Cleary book; My Own Two Feet, to my 92 year old in-laws. Thank you Beverly

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