![]() She published over 40 books before retiring in 2000. (Image: courtesy of Portland Parks & Recreation. New editions of Henry Huggins, The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 were released in January 2016 for Cleary's 100th birthday, with forewords by Amy Poehler, Kate DiCamillo and Judy Blume. For her first book, Henry Huggins, Cleary coordinated her writing day with the baking of bread - stretching her legs when the dough needed to be punched down, again when it needed to be put into the oven, and then finishing for the day when it was ready to eat.²Ģ9. In her memoir A Girl from Yamhill, she writes proudly that her childhood home had the second bathtub in Yamhill County.Ģ8. ![]() A district representative said that when she agreed to the honour, she asked "if the school still smelled like a sawdust floor."Ģ7. Her former elementary school in Portland was renamed for her in 2008. In the second grade, Cleary fell in love with a boy named Johnny, and would chase him around the class during lunch period.¹Ģ6. The Clearys raised two children, twins born in 1955.Ģ5. Her Protestant parents did not approve of the match, as Clarence was Catholic.Ģ4. She met her husband, Clarence Cleary, at college.Ģ3. ![]() ![]() ![]() When she got in, she pledged " by hook or by crook" to attend school.Ģ2. When Cleary applied to college, she didn't expect to be accepted, and she didn't know how she'd be able to afford tuition if she was. ![]()
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