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[quote=Anonymous]Beverly Cleary was probably one of the first to write from the perspective of a child. Prior to her work, the closest text was Dick and Jane - See Dick run - that type of thing.
Ramona is such a great character with impulse control issues that kids could identify with.

The first book was written before the women's lib movement took off - the economic circumstances of the parents weren't entirely fleshed out but dad would come home from work and mom was a stay at home parent like Beaver Clever's parents. In the later books, the forces of middle class economics were introduced - mom had to start working again, dad had to retrain for a better job, the family needed to finance an addition to the house so the girls could have their own spaces, mom forgot to turn on the crock pot before leaving for her dental receptionist job and they had one tired evening with a miserable dinner. Those are the kinds of stories that ground a young person's realistic expectations of life.

My kids found Ramona fascinating and enjoyed her family life.

Then I read my kids Little House on the Prairie. Their eyes got so big at hearing how Laura and her sisters received a penny in their Xmas stockings and an orange. And how they savored that orange and treasured the penny. My kids were in disbelief so.... I think Ramona is more easy for modern children to understand.

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