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Summary: I'm Going to Say a Bad Word!
Review: Guts! Guts! Guts! Guts!This is easily one of the best Ramona books. It is time for Ramona to start First Grade. Prior to her start she and her sister Beezus, play in the neighborhood park and the bad boys make fun of Beezus's name in a profane way. Then when Ramona starts school all kinds of things don't go her way. Her new teacher, Mrs. Griggs seems not to like her, because she never lets Ramona take attendance or lead the pledge of allegiance. Then she gives another student a passing grade for plagiarizing Ramona's art project. After Ramona destroys the classmates plagiarism, she has to apologize for show and tell. But my favorite part was when Ramona's family laughed at her for saying the word "guts."
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Summary: Its a tough life for first graders
Review: I have saved this book to read to my 6 year old who just started going to first grade. As a grownup I liked the way the author deals with real life problems that even adults are not always sure how to handle.
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Summary: Ramona Is Sweet And Believable, With Plenty Of Funny Moments
Review: I remember reading the Ramona series when I was a child. Now, as the mother of two small children, I am falling in love with Ramona the Great all over again. Even though these books are aimed at 8-10 year olds, my kids are only three and six and love them! We picked up the audio version of this book to listen to during our trip across country and my children just laughed. What a great way to spend two plus hours. The characters in this book are timeless. The writing is emotional and sweet and clear. Even adults will find these stories entertaining.
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Summary: A great book with a lot of memories intact
Review: In first grade, our language arts teacher decided to start us off with an ice-breaker the first day. She said she knew how scared we were and maybe some of us weren't scared, we just didn't think it was the same as kindergarten. While everyone waited to see what the ice-breaker was, it turned out to be a Dell Yearling 1985 paperback copy of Bev Cleary's "Ramona the Brave". Here was a child we could sympathize with, along with laugh at when she did her normal six-year-old things that we all did. Our teacher would stop at some points and make little jokes, saying that it was lucky we didn't have Ms. Griggs, Ramona's unsympathetic teacher, as a language arts teacher, instead we had the most sympathetic one of all, herself. We wrote our own sequels to Ramona the Brave and rearranged parts to make it our own book; what we once read "Ramona the Brave", was changed to "Katie the Brave", "Abby the Brave", or "Anastasia the Brave". I was no longer scared of first grade with this book. Thank you, Beverly, for getting rid of a "large" fear, and thanks to Mrs. Smith, the best language arts teacher ever.
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Summary: Spunky Little Ramona
Review: Picking up right where she left off, my favorite little girl has just started first grade. The hole cut into her house to add a new room for her where she must sleep all alone is a source of fear, and also bravery for the adorable star. Being constantly misunderstood is a great challenge for the 6 (going on 37) year old Ramona. Ramona is just like any other child. She gets confused and throws fits. She is such a loveable character because a most wonderful author creates her so deftly and realistically. The text is appropriate for students in grades 3-6. It also works well in a read-aloud setting with this age group. These students (and teachers and parents as well) will get a kick out of remembering how scary starting school can be. I recall hearing it read to me in 2nd grade and now have done the same with my students. A good laugh was heard everyday from our room. Why 5 stars?:
Cleary repeatedly made young people reflect upon their own days as an even younger person with a string of books about experiencing the world through the eyes of a curious little girl with a will all of her own. This book is the third in the series and was written in the 1970s.
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Summary: Brave little Ramona
Review: Picking up right where she left off, my favorite little girl has just started first grade. The hole cut into her house to add a new room for her where she must sleep all alone is a source of fear, and also bravery for the adorable star. Being constantly misunderstood is a great challenge for the 6 (going on 37) year old Ramona. Ramona is just like any other child. She gets confused and throws fits. She is such a loveable character because a most wonderful author creates her so deftly and realistically. The text is appropriate for students in grades 3-6. It also works well in a read-aloud setting with this age group. These students (and teachers and parents as well) will get a kick out of remembering how scary starting school can be. I recall hearing it read to me in 2nd grade and now have done the same with my students. A good laugh was heard everyday from our room. Why 5 stars?:
Cleary repeatedly made young people reflect upon their own days as an even younger person with a string of books about experiencing the world through the eyes of a curious little girl with a will all of her own. This book is the third in the series and was written in the 1970s.
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Summary: Ramona is not average even when she is average....
Review: Ramona is a fun loving young one, who does nothing but pester her sister. It is never her goal to do so, it just happens. Although she is now in first grade this still hasn't changed too much. Ramona now attends the same school as her sister Beezus, and now that shes there she is let down. It isn't what she expected, in fact, it doesn't seem to be any fun at all. Ms. Cleary's Ramona books are a fun read full of humor, but she never neglects to address the problems that really face school age children. As a child reading these books I remember that it helped put things into perspective for me, although at the time that probably wasn't the word I used. I would recommend this book to all children, and even to adults with children.
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Summary: Ramona is not average even when she is average....
Review: Ramona is a fun loving young one, who does nothing but pester her sister. It is never her goal to do so, it just happens. Although she is now in first grade this still hasn't changed too much. Ramona now attends the same school as her sister Beezus, and now that shes there she is let down. It isn't what she expected, in fact, it doesn't seem to be any fun at all. Ms. Cleary's Ramona books are a fun read full of humor, but she never neglects to address the problems that really face school age children. As a child reading these books I remember that it helped put things into perspective for me, although at the time that probably wasn't the word I used. I would recommend this book to all children, and even to adults with children.
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Summary: Ramona Is Sweet And Believable, With Plenty Of Funny Moments
Review: Ramona is a truly realistic character that is brought to life by the believable writing of Beverly Cleary.
Still trying to grow up as she proceeds into grade one, Ramona can't help but continue to fall into trouble.
One entertaining, true-to-life moment after another... Reading about Ramona's antics is very enjoyable.
From being embarassed by her older sister, to being embarrassed by her friend Howie in front of her class, to dealing with Copycat Susan and her copied owl, and many, many more funny and frusturating things... You'll have fun reading this book. And you can't say that for a lot of books.
Told in a way that you can really understand this first grader, Ramona The Brave will remind you of when you were a child. And what it felt like.
Readers will pity Ramona when she's upset, they'll understand what she does and why. They'll feel her anger, and her happiness.
Definetly a great book, and definetly worthy of 5 or more stars!
Enjoy!
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Summary: Brave and fearless she is!
Review: Ramona thinks she's brave and fearless but she truly is deep inside. If Ramona was ever a real person, which she is to me, I'd probably love to be her friend. She is so interesting, it's hilarious. Like the word "guts". I'll always seem to think of her now.
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