Ramona and her father
When her father loses his job, Ramona decides to help out. Maybe she could earn a million dollars making a TV commercial, or get her father to stop smoking to save money (and his lungs) -- she is full of ideas. Some work, some don't. But when her father says he wouldn't trade her for a mil...
| Main Author: | Cleary, Beverly. |
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| Corporate Authors: | Harper Audio (Firm) |
| Other Authors: | Channing, Stockard. (Narrator) |
| Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
HarperAudio,
2010.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
| Series: |
Ramona Quimby.
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
| Summary: |
When her father loses his job, Ramona decides to help out. Maybe she could earn a million dollars making a TV commercial, or get her father to stop smoking to save money (and his lungs) -- she is full of ideas. Some work, some don't. But when her father says he wouldn't trade her for a million dollars, Ramona knows all is right in her world. |
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| Item Description: |
Unabridged. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (2 audio files) : digital |
| Playing Time: |
02::0:7: |
| Format: |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 59993 KB). |
| Audience: |
Text Difficulty 2 - Text Difficulty 5 |
| ISBN: |
9780062060174 |
| Author Notes: |
Cleary attended Chaffey Junior College in Ontario, Ca. and went on to earned her first B.A. in 1938 from the University of California at Berkeley. Her second degree, a B.A. in library science, was bestowed by the University of Washington in Seattle in 1939. She worked for a short time as Children's Librarian in Yakima, Washington, before moving to California. Cleary began her writing career in her early thirties. Her first book, Henry Huggins, was published in 1950. Her stories and especially her characters, Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, have proven popular with young readers. Her books have been translated into twenty languages and are available in over twenty countries. Some of her best-known titles are Ellen Tebbits (1951), Henry and the Paper Route (1957), Runaway Ralph (1970), and Dear Mr. Henshaw (1983). Several television programs have been produced from the Henry Huggins and Ramona stories. She also wrote two memoirs, A Girl from Yamhill (1988) and My Own Two Feet (1995). Cleary has won many awards for her contributions to children's literature, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in 1975, the Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal in 1980, the John Newbery Medal in 1984 and the National Medal of Arts in 2003. Beverly Cleary died on March 25, 2021 in Carmel, California. She was 104 year old. (Bowker Author Biography) |