Ramona and Her Mother

Name: Ramona and Her Mother
ISBN: 9780439148016

Beverly Cleary, Stockard Channing

Ages 7–11

Readers rate it 3.9 (37 on Hardcover)

208 pages · Released 2000 · Scholastic

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This classic children's novel follows Ramona navigating family life, school, and growing up with warmth and humor. The story addresses real family tensions—parental stress, sibling friction, feeling caught between childhood and adolescence—in age-appropriate ways that help children understand their own experiences. Ramona models resilience, empathy, and honesty, while her family demonstrates how to work through conflict with love and patience.

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From the publisher

Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary is the fifth book of the popular Ramona series. Mr. Quimby has found another job, though it is one he does not like very much. Ramona finds herself caught between being too young to stay home alone and too old to enjoy playing with pesky Willa Jean. She is trying to grow up, but... Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary is the fifth book of the popular Ramona series. Mr. Quimby has found another job, though it is one he does not like very much. Ramona finds herself caught between being too young to stay home alone and too old to enjoy playing with pesky Willa Jean. She is trying to grow up, but sometimes it seems like her family is making it harder. Ramona and Her Mother won the 1981 National Book Award. ---------- Also contained in: Unstoppable Ramona and Beezus