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Ramona the Pest (Ramona Quimby #2)
The engaging tale of young Ramona Quimby's first days in kindergarten, Ramona the Pest takes a pint-sized perspective on the trials and delights of beginning school. Ramona can't wait to learn all the important things. But she's disappointed when her teacher can't fill in missing parts of story lines, such as how Mike Mulligan (of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel) went t...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
June 8th 2000
by Oxford University Press
(first published 1968)
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"No matter what others said, she never thought she was a pest. The people who called her a pest were always bigger and so they could be unfair."
--Ramona the Pest, P. 10
"Things had such an unexpected way of turning out all wrong."
--Ramona the Pest, P. 79
This book exceeded my expectations with how good it is.
For many years Beverly Cleary has proven herself to have a striking understanding of exactly what it means to be a kid, and she succeeds with perhaps more (or at least equal) stunning sk...more
--Ramona the Pest, P. 10
"Things had such an unexpected way of turning out all wrong."
--Ramona the Pest, P. 79
This book exceeded my expectations with how good it is.
For many years Beverly Cleary has proven herself to have a striking understanding of exactly what it means to be a kid, and she succeeds with perhaps more (or at least equal) stunning sk...more
Oct 19, 2009
Dolly
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
This is a fun book to read aloud with your children. I don't remember reading the Ramona Quimby books when I was young, but I did love The Mouse and the Motorcycle. So when our oldest daughter brought this book home from her school library, we were very excited to read it.
I had no idea when it was originally published, although there were several parts of the book that harkened back to an earlier time. I was a bit surprised that Ramona was allowed to be at home by herself and walk alone to scho...more
I had no idea when it was originally published, although there were several parts of the book that harkened back to an earlier time. I was a bit surprised that Ramona was allowed to be at home by herself and walk alone to scho...more
Dec 04, 2007
Maryam Shin
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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داستان-کودک-و-نوجوان
سری 8 جلدی کتابهای رامونا رو به پیشنهاد و برای همراهی و تشویق خواهرزادهی 10 سالهام که تازه شروع به مطالعه کرده است خوندم.
خیلی خیلی از خوندنشون لذت بردم. کتابها با اینکه در غالب داستان برای بچهها نوشته شده بود ولی در اصل روانشناسی کودک بود. بعد از خوندن این سری کتابها دیدم نسبت به دنیای بچهها و کارهایی که میکنند عوض شد. فکر میکنم از بعد از اون روابطم هم با بچهها بهتر شده. از سری کتابهایی هستند که حتما باز هم میخونمشون.
خیلی خیلی از خوندنشون لذت بردم. کتابها با اینکه در غالب داستان برای بچهها نوشته شده بود ولی در اصل روانشناسی کودک بود. بعد از خوندن این سری کتابها دیدم نسبت به دنیای بچهها و کارهایی که میکنند عوض شد. فکر میکنم از بعد از اون روابطم هم با بچهها بهتر شده. از سری کتابهایی هستند که حتما باز هم میخونمشون.
Feb 10, 2008
Mary
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone, especially those who try so hard and are still misunderstood
Recommended to Mary by:
myself and Mandalee
I just reread this as part of an informal "Ramona will save us, as she always has" book group with a friend. It is, by no accident, the one I reread most as a kid, in which Ramona begins school, has an actually lovable teacher, and decides to drop out after determining said teacher doesn't love her. ...Somebody please, like, knight Beverly Cleary. The woman aspires to sainthood.
Although I should probably regret the fact that I relate this much to a five-year-old, I continue to take comfort in th...more
Although I should probably regret the fact that I relate this much to a five-year-old, I continue to take comfort in th...more
I must have read this book many times as a child as I remember everything from it so well this many years later. So many classic Ramona moments as she starts Kindergarten: pulling Susan's "boing-boing" curls while yelling "Boing!", chasing little Davy around the playground to try to kiss him, and wearing an earthworm around her finger and saying it was an engagement ring. I have said it before and I will say it again- Beverly Cleary is a genius when it comes to getting inside the head of a child...more
I liked this one better than the first book,so I'm going to downgrade the first book. I found Ramona less annoying in this one, maybe because she's a little older. It's interesting to see how SHE views things as opposed to how an adult views things. It kinda makes sense, and it's like getting a glimpse into what might be going through Erin's head when she does something that I don't understand, or when I think she's making a big deal out of something that really isn't a big deal.
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Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary is one of my favorite books in the world! I just read it again for the zillionth time and it only took 45 minutes. I was smiling or laughing the whole time.
This is a perfect read-aloud book. Children completely identify with Ramona’s predicaments and adults remember their own school days. Ramona the Pest was published in 1968, just 6 years after I was in kindergarten like Ramona. This is a school world that is very familiar to me. I remember lying down on my to...more
This is a perfect read-aloud book. Children completely identify with Ramona’s predicaments and adults remember their own school days. Ramona the Pest was published in 1968, just 6 years after I was in kindergarten like Ramona. This is a school world that is very familiar to me. I remember lying down on my to...more
Isabelle and I are going through the entire Ramona Quimby series!
I actually remember reading (or hearing) this book as a child - I think in first grade - because I have a distinct memory of the "dawnzer" that "gives a lee light". :)
Ramona the Pest was especially fun because in this book, Ramona is in kindergarten, and Isabelle just finished kindergarten. Since Isabelle is my older child, I really didn't know what to expect when she started kindergarten, and I spent a lot of time worrying and won...more
I actually remember reading (or hearing) this book as a child - I think in first grade - because I have a distinct memory of the "dawnzer" that "gives a lee light". :)
Ramona the Pest was especially fun because in this book, Ramona is in kindergarten, and Isabelle just finished kindergarten. Since Isabelle is my older child, I really didn't know what to expect when she started kindergarten, and I spent a lot of time worrying and won...more
“Ramona the Pest” is the first of the “Ramona” series written by Beverly Cleary. This book introduces the lovable character, Ramona. In this particular book, Ramona is beginning her first year of school, Kindergarten. You soon learn about what kind of character Ramona is, a wild child. She loves horsing around, joking around, and being the typical playful kid. Her older sister Beezus, easily gets annoyed by Ramona and refers to her as a “pest”. In school, Ramona has trouble paying attention and...more
I must have read this book dozens of times as a kid -- every name and image is so vivid in my memory. As an adult re-reading it, I'm so impressed by Beverly Cleary's skill. The story is paced beautifully, with each scene so dense and yet simple, working on many levels.
I was always more Beezus than Ramona, but my daughter can completely relate to her five-year-old impatience, her love of running and shrieking, and the satisfaction of making a great big noisy fuss when she doesn't get her way. An...more
I was always more Beezus than Ramona, but my daughter can completely relate to her five-year-old impatience, her love of running and shrieking, and the satisfaction of making a great big noisy fuss when she doesn't get her way. An...more
Ramona is excited when she does her first day of kindergarten. She is an overly enthusiastic young girl who is exceptionally curious about all that is around her. Ramona is always messing up something or getting people nerves. This is evidenced when she pulls Susan Kushner's long curls and is punished. She does not mean to hurt Susan it is just that Susan's hair is so pretty that Ramona feels the need to touch it. It is not Ramona's intention to be mean she is merely curious. An exchange of doll...more
i just finished this with my kindergarten daughter. i read all of the ramona books growing up, so it was a very fun blast-from-the-past for me. i was surprised and thrilled at how well she did with a chapter book, as it was her first, with very few pictures.
since this book was written years ago, every once and a while jayda and i would have to have a serious talk about how it's NEVER ok to do some of the things that ramona did (hide behind the trash can all day instead of going to school, run ho...more
since this book was written years ago, every once and a while jayda and i would have to have a serious talk about how it's NEVER ok to do some of the things that ramona did (hide behind the trash can all day instead of going to school, run ho...more
Ah, Ramona. I believe that Beezus and Ramona is actually and earlier book, but, i started with this one because i was hoping that Madeleine would find a friend in Ramona. I'm not sure that she, yet, would be as appreciative of the sibling relationship in the first book.
Ramona is a spark of life, and this kindergarten tale captures both her eagerness to grow up, and her difficulty with maintaining her balance as she does so. These things, i thought, should be particularly familiar to Madeleine. (...more
Ramona is a spark of life, and this kindergarten tale captures both her eagerness to grow up, and her difficulty with maintaining her balance as she does so. These things, i thought, should be particularly familiar to Madeleine. (...more
Beverly Cleary is a genius and I am close to rating this book as my most favorite of all time. I clearly remember reading about how Ramona put on a witch mask and chased Davy around the playground trying to catch him to kiss him...she had sweet moves that always worked! I still feel terrible for the unsuspecting 2nd grade boy that I sat on during recess the day after reading this chapter.
My friend says that I am "Ramona Quimby Age 32" and I think that there is no better compliment. I've never wa...more
My friend says that I am "Ramona Quimby Age 32" and I think that there is no better compliment. I've never wa...more
Ramona sering diolok-olok sebagai pest karena tingkahnya yang ada-ada saja. Tapi sesungguhnya setiap yang dilakukan Ramona ada alasannya. Alasan yang kadang susah dipahami orang lain. Padahal anak kecil pun seperti orang dewasa. Punya kebutuhan untuk dipahami dan disayangi. Salah seorang yang bisa memahami Ramona adalah Miss Binney, gurunya. Sikap Miss Binney, guru Ramona, bisa dijadikan contoh baik bagi para guru anak-anak. Hanya dengan tindakan kecil dari Miss Binney, Ramona yang tadinya mogok...more
Oct 11, 2009
Susann
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
re-read,
all-time-favorites
"Ramona was filled with the glory of losing her first tooth and love for her teacher." Oh the excitement of going to kindergarten! When everything about school was interesting and you were officially on the right track to Growing Up. When - if you were lucky - you could love your teacher.
There is no one quite like Ramona, yet so many readers relate to her. With this re-read, I noticed how Cleary conveys Ramona's excitement at finally getting to do some of things that she has been impatiently wa...more
There is no one quite like Ramona, yet so many readers relate to her. With this re-read, I noticed how Cleary conveys Ramona's excitement at finally getting to do some of things that she has been impatiently wa...more
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In Margaret Donaldson's quintessential 'Children's Minds,' she discusses the importance of 'decentering' in the language we use with children. Teachers know more than students, and thus often make false assumptions about shared knowledge: 'The better you know something, the more risk there is of behaving egocentrically in relation to your knowledge.'
Donaldson finds an example of such egocentric behavior in a story from Laurie Lee's autobiography 'Cider with Rosie.' After his first day at school...more
Donaldson finds an example of such egocentric behavior in a story from Laurie Lee's autobiography 'Cider with Rosie.' After his first day at school...more
Ramona the Pest is a very funny chapter book about Ramona Quimby's kindergarten experience. Ramona has waited all her life for kindergarten, watching her older sister Beatrice, but now her time has come! The tale about Ramona starts with her first day of kindergarten, the greatest day of her life. Ramona loves her school and her teacher, but somehow Ramona gets into a lot of trouble. This rambunctious five-year-old thinks she is ready for all the rite and passages that go along with growing up....more
A few weeks ago, I made a list of books that my 8 year old niece might like based on books I read when I was her age. When I picked up the books from the library, I had a sudden urge to reread them for myself (or in some cases, read some children's classics for the first time).
I'm going to be a party pooper and say that I'm not sure if I should give this a two or three star review, in spite of other glowing reviews. It was a nostalgic read. I remember the characters well. However, I do not like...more
I'm going to be a party pooper and say that I'm not sure if I should give this a two or three star review, in spite of other glowing reviews. It was a nostalgic read. I remember the characters well. However, I do not like...more
Jan 12, 2010
Anne-Marie
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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what-the-boy-likes
Miles and I finished this about a month ago. He was reluctant to start reading it because Ramona is, you know, A Girl. I told him how much I loved Ramona when I was his age and how Ramona was Five - just like he was (at the time) and I promised if he didn't like it we could put it down and pick something else. There were parts he was really into - like when Ramona lost a tooth or when Ramona explained how she didn't understand why grown ups always said, "You're growing up so fast" because to her...more
As a child, I loved the Ramona books. So, when I saw Ramona the Pest at a used bookstore, I knew I had to buy it and reread one of my favorite books from my childhood. I was surprised at what I remembered! I remember Ramona pulling on Susan's curls and making a "boing" sound and I remember the way that Ramona turned her Qs into little cats! However, I forgot that she really was a pest. For as spunky as she is, Ramona really is a bit of a pain. Sometimes that was distracting. It was hard to empat...more
My mom & I took my daughter Ally (then kindergarten-aged) to NYC on the train. After a great day in the city, we stopped at a bookstore at Rockefeller Center where I saw this book. I remember loving the Ramona books as a kid, and I figured it would be fun to buy something to read on the train ride home. We stayed awake the whole trip back to NJ as we laughed with Ramona through her early exploits in this book with her family, her new teacher Miss Binney and classmate Susan (boing!). Even tho...more
Jul 04, 2010
babyhippoface
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
humor,
kids-fiction
Klickitat Street, "Sit here for the present," red rain boots, two-wheeler tricycle, "BOING!" What's not to love?
Beverly Cleary has a real gift. Although her books span a period of decades, they all read as though they were written today. There's a few odd details in some of them, but mostly they rely on good storytelling and... well, very real-seeming children.
This is the story of Ramona's kindergarten year. It can be hard to find chapter books that are worth reading to kindergarteners, but this is it - Ramona actually seems like an actual child who is actually, really, truly in kindergarten! When she's t...more
This is the story of Ramona's kindergarten year. It can be hard to find chapter books that are worth reading to kindergarteners, but this is it - Ramona actually seems like an actual child who is actually, really, truly in kindergarten! When she's t...more
My revisiting of Ramona Quimby continues... I really enjoyed Ramona #2 - I prefer it to Beezus and Ramona as 5 year old Ramona is a lot less annoying/bratty than 4 year old Ramona. Beverly Cleary's view of kids is clever - she has Ramona, at one point, wondering why her friend Howie doesn't just throw a "big noisy fuss" just to get his way. Ramona is a little manipulator!
I hadn't read Ramona the Pest in more than 20 years and I still remembered the episodes where Ramona pulls Susan's "boing boin...more
I hadn't read Ramona the Pest in more than 20 years and I still remembered the episodes where Ramona pulls Susan's "boing boin...more
The day that Ramona Quimby has been waiting all five years of her life for is finally here – the first day of Kindergarten. She enters the doors of Glenwood School with such anticipation, only to find out that Kindergarten is everything she always hoped for, and at the same time, everything she didn’t expect. Ramona wants so desperately to please Miss Binney, her teacher who she loves so much, and be a model Kindergartener, but she keeps finding herself in troublesome and sometimes tempting sit...more
In Ramona the Pest, Ramona starts kindergarten. She loves school and her teacher but still manages to get herself in quite a bit of trouble.
Beverly Cleary gets little kids. There is a scene where Ramona is throwing a tantrum in her room in which Ms. Cleary does a wonderful job of explaining the (irrational) thought process that is going on in Ramona’s mind during the tantrum. I think little kids will find comfort in knowing that they are not the only ones who feel out of control at times. She al...more
Beverly Cleary gets little kids. There is a scene where Ramona is throwing a tantrum in her room in which Ms. Cleary does a wonderful job of explaining the (irrational) thought process that is going on in Ramona’s mind during the tantrum. I think little kids will find comfort in knowing that they are not the only ones who feel out of control at times. She al...more
Apr 19, 2010
Dustin Crazy little brown owl
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
childrens,
read-in-2010
I didn't realize until after I had finished the book just how old this book is! 1968! Geez! I noticed some things were a bit dated like singing the "Dawnzer" song (Star-Spangled Banner) every morning at school. Also, Mrs. Quimby shopping for fabric and patterns to make clothing for her family. On this same shopping trip she bought a replacement cord for the toaster. Ha! Ha! Today, mom would probably just buy a new toaster and would not be making her own clothes. I knew it was old but I didn't kn...more
Mar 28, 2008
Becky
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
children everywhere
Recommended to Becky by:
Mom
Oh all the Ramona books were sinfully delightful and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Ramona always misinterprets the directions, makes a mess of things, sings the wrong lyrics "...by the dawnser-ly light..." she can't for the life of her figure out what a dawnserly light is...cracks me right up.
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Beverly Cleary (born April 12, 1916) is the author of over 30 books for young adults and children. Her characters are normal children facing challenges that many of us face growing up, and her stories are liberally laced with humour. Some of her best known and loved characters are Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice ("Beezus"), Henry Huggins, and Ralph S. Mouse.
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“Words were so puzzling. Present should mean a present just as attack should mean to stick tacks in people.”
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“I am not a pest," Ramona Quimby told her big sister Beezus.”
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I bet some kindergarteners did walk to school on their own back then. I remember walking home only with you and...more
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