Beverly Cleary, the award-winning children's author whose work has been read by young readers for more than 70 years, has died at 104, her publisher, HarperCollins, said in a statement Friday (26th).
Cleary, whose books helped generations of kids grapple with the challenging issues of childhood, was born April 12, 1916 in McMinnville, Oregon, andgrew up in Portland and Yamhill, titling her autobiography, "A Girl from Yamhill." She died in northern California, where she lived.
After first training as a librarian, Cleary became an author and wrote scores of children's books that were translated into over a dozen languages, popularizing characters like Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins.
Cleary won the National Book Award in 1981 for "Ramona and Her Mother," and “Dear Mr. Henshaw" won the John Newbery Medal in 1984.
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