Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Beezus Quimby tries very hard to be patient with her little sister, but four-year-old Ramona has the habit of doing the most unpredictable, annoying, embarrassing things in the world.

Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich Uncle Hobart, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.

When her father loses his job, seven-year-old Ramona Quimby thinks of ways to deal with the many problems that develop.

For Henry Huggins and his friends Robert and Murph, a clubhouse is a place where they can do as they please, without being bothered by girls. The sign that says NO GIRLS ALLOWED -- THIS MEANS YOU especially means Ramona Quimby. Lately Ramona has been following Henry on his newspaper route, embarrassing him in front of Henry's customers. The day Ramona follows Henry to the clubhouse, she wants to teach him girls aren't so bad, but she almost puts an...

Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher. In this touching and funny story, the ebullient Ramona, feeling brave and grown-up, enters first grade. Quickly she finds that her new teacher, Mrs. Griggs, appears perplexed by pupils who like to be different. Since Ramona cannot help being different, clearly the two are incompatible. Nevertheless, Ramona can be counted on to keep things lively. Enraged when Susan copies...

Henry couldn't wait until he turned eleven so he could have a paper route like his friend Scooter, but his scheme to convince the route manager that he was responsible enough backfired! Who would have guessed that it would be that pest Ramona Quimby, who would cause Henry to finally get his job.

Ramona meets a lot of interesting people in kindgarten class, including Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.

Ramona the pest - It is the greatest day in Ramona's life. She is in kindergarten and she loves her teacher, Miss Binney. So how in the world does Ramona get into trouble? Ramona forever - Life for Ramona, now a grown-up third grader, is full of beginnings and discoveries and surprises -- one very big surprise and one very small, but just as special!

Contains two stories featuring the boisterous Ramona Quimby, including "Beezus and Ramona," in which four-year-old Ramona's imagination makes her a menace to everyone--especially her older sister, Beezus; and "Ramona and her Father," in which Ramona tries to help her dad when he loses his job and starts smoking too much.