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Summary: Beverly Cleary Gets Serious.
Review: Beverly Cleary wrote some of the funniest books ever written for children with her Henry Huggins/Ramona series. However, her Newbery honor winner "Ramona and Her Father" marks the beginning of Mrs. Cleary's decision to include more serious situations into the lives of her characters to go along with their comic adventures. This book revolves around the very unfunny and realistic situation of Ramona's father losing his job. (Undoubtedly, Mrs. Cleary drew upon her own childhood memories of her father's unemployment during the Depression to tell this story.) Ramona's life is turned upside down by her father's unemployment. Her father is cranky and depressed, her mother tired from overwork, and older sister Beezus, the funloving tomboy of the Henry Huggins books, is now a temperamental teenager. The book chronicles Ramona's attempts to deal with this difficult situation, and results are touching and very often hilarious. Despite its serious subject matter, the book still retains Mrs. Cleary's comic touch. This is one very funny book! The chapter about Ramona's hope of becoming a TV commericial actor, which she believes will end her family's problems, is one of the funniest Mrs. Cleary ever wrote. If I had to pick one book from the entire Henry Huggins/Ramona series "Ramona and Her Father" would be the one. Ramona's experiences with a difficult family situation are told with humor and candor.
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Summary: Ramona and her father
Review: Cleary, B. ( 1975). Ramona and Her Father. New York: Avon Books, Inc. Synopsis: Ramona is having an average, ordinary day. Ramona, her mother, her sister Beezus, and even her cat are in the kitchen. Ramona is waiting for her father to come home from work. She is writing her Christmas list months in advance and hoping that when her father comes home, they can go to her favorite restaurant since it was pay day. However, everything changes when her father comes home with the bad news that he lost his job. During this time, Ramona also goes on a crusade to help her father quit smoking. Ramona and her family show that although her family is having financial problems, they work together to remain strong for one another. The reading level is 5.1. Evaluation: The main conflict is between Ramona and her father. At first, Ramona is happy to be able to spend more time with him since he lost his job, but notices changes in him. Now, he is more irritable and this is where the tension occurs. Ramona is also worried about her father's smoking habit and wants to help him quit. Ramona also struggles because she wants to make everything better for her family. Children can definitely relate to this when there is a family problem and they want to help. The dialogue and narration makes the story very realistic. The conflicts are also realistic. The problems that arise from the father losing his job also create realistic situations like the fact that the cat is even being effected by financial stress. The dialogue helps to lighten the seriousness of the conflicts. The dangers of smoking and losing a job are very serious, but the dialogue helps ease the severity. Ramona's character helps to make the story humorous. This is why children have enjoyed Ramona's adventures for so many years.
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Summary: It is fabulous!
Review: Here is a review from Danny, one of my third grade students: In this book you'll meet Ramona, Beezus her big sister, her mother, her father, and Picky-picky the family cat. Ramona is a second grader who is full of joy, until her father loses his job then all of her family is miserable. Beezus starts getting a little grouchy, her mother starts getting worried, Picky-picky won't eat his [food], and her father starts smoking! Will Ramona's father ever get a job? Should Ramona help her father get a job or should she help her family be happy and jolly? You'll just have to read it and I'm telling you it is fabulous!
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Summary: Don't Miss Ramona and Her Father!
Review: Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary Have you ever thought your father cared about you a lot? Well in Ramona and Her Father, her father loses his job, and starts smoking! Ramona's family is acting mad. But Ramona's father is acting nice to her, most of the time. Find out what happens in Ramona and Her Father. I liked this book a lot, because Ramona went through all the trouble just to make her family happy. I think Beverly Cleary wanted to share that even though you are upset with your family you still love them. I think the author wanted to teach us that no family is perfect.
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Summary: Satisfying
Review: Ramona's father has been laid off, and she desperately wishes she could go on TV and earn a million dollars to support her family. ("Even one dollar would help.") What she does instead is get burrs in her hair, a compulsion to stop her father from smoking, and some trouble in the second grade. This book is worth the Newbery Medal it earned, and it brings the Quimby family out of the fifties quite satisfyingly.
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Summary: Stockard Channing Reads Ramona
Review: Since no one seems to have left a review pertaining to the audio edition, I thought I'd add my 2 cents. Stockard Channing's reading of all the Ramona books is excellent. She puts a lot of emotion into her readings and gives what I consider an almost theatrical performance. It's been 10 years or so since I last listened to one of her readings, and I can still hear her voice in my head when I re-read the Ramona books. Definitely think about buying this set. They're perfect for long car trips or just sitting around the radio at home. :)
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Summary: Don't Miss Ramona and Her Father!
Review: The book is mainly about Romona and her Father tring to get a long better than they have the past few days.Romaona and Howie love to play togather.when they do they love to sing 99 bottles of beer on the wall.In this book Romana got in a fit with her father beacuse,he smokes and she does not like that he does.But Romana has a lot going on in the past few weeks her shoes do not fit any more and she needs albm costum by the Christmas program. she dont want to ask her mom to do any of that beacuse,her Father has lost his job but in the end of the story she gets eveything that she wants beacuse her Father has got his new job at the store
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Summary: Beverly Cleary's Best Book
Review: This is my favorite book by Beverly Cleary, and I've read a lot of her books. Cleary is both realistic and funny as she describes the ups and downs in the life of the poor but happy Quimby family. There are so many parts in this book that I love: how the Quimbys make do after Mr. Quimby loses his job; how Ramona tries to make her father stop smoking so that his lungs won't turn black; how Ramona realizes that she can feel good about herself even when everyone around her is cross; and how Ramona learns what a happy family is really like. Beverly Cleary is one of the very best writers I know. She knows that children are more intelligent and mature than adults give them credit for, and she knows the importance of both the family and the individual. Her books are always funny, touching, and memorable, and this one is her best.
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Summary: A book Review of Ramona and Her Father
Review: UNBELIEVEABLE!
I can't believe that was a book. It seemed so real.This is definitely a book you will remember forever. The setting of this wonderful book is in America in modern times. Most of the story takes place at Ramona's house or at her school. The characters are Ramona, a serious eight-year old girl with a lot on her mind, Mr.Quimby, Ramona's father and Beezus, Ramona's sister. Ramona has a normal life untill one payday when Ramona's father loses his job and starts smoking. One of the interesting parts is when Ramona's cat falls into their jack-o-lantern. Does everything work out for Ramona and her father? Find out! I think this is an A+ book.
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Summary: Review from a 3rd Grader: Don't miss Ramona And Her Father
Review: Wow! This book was amazing and spectacular. I loved it. Some of the parts were sad but it was happy at the end. It was about a little girl in second grade. She lives with her sister Beatrice, her mom, and her dad, and of course Picky-Picky, their cat. The funniest part was when Picky-Picky ate the jack-o-lantern. It was so funny. I love this book. You should read it. It is called Ramona And Her Father.
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