[Libs-Or] Celebrating Beverly Cleary's 100th Birthday

[Jessica Rondema]

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Kate Brown, Governor

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Contact:           MaryKay Dahlgreen
                        State Librarian
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March 25, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Join Oregon libraries and Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) in celebrating Beverly Cleary's 100th birthday!

Beloved children's book author Beverly Cleary was born on April 12th, 1916, in McMinnville and raised in Portland. As a librarian, Cleary learned that elementary school children were looking for and struggling to find books about kids like themselves. In 1950, Cleary published her first book, Henry Huggins, which is about a boy, his dog, and his friends who live in the Hollywood neighborhood in Portland.

Since then, Beverly Cleary has published over 40 children's books, most of which are still in print and relevant to kids today. She has won many literary awards, including the John Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw and Newbery Honors for Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father. Her most recent book, Ramona's World, was published in 1999. Beverly Cleary now lives in California so she can be near her family.

Many elementary school libraries will be celebrating Beverly Cleary's 100th birthday by participating in "Drop Everything and Read" (D.E.A.R.). It is a national reading program many schools participate in every year during the month of April. The D.E.A.R. reading program started after Beverly Cleary first wrote about it in Ramona Quimby, Age 8.

Most public libraries will be celebrating Beverly Cleary's 100th birthday the week of April 12th. Contact your local public library to find out what activities they have planned and when they are taking place. The Oregon Library Directory is available online at: http://libdir.osl.state.or.us/.

OPB is celebrating with an Oregon Art Beat special "Discovering Beverly Cleary"-the first-ever documentary about the author. It includes a rare, new interview with Beverly Cleary herself! Watch the special on Thursday, April 7th on OPB TV or online at: www.opb.org/beverlycleary<http://www.opb.org/beverlycleary>.


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