Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and activities. When a young boy asked her, 'Where are the books about kids like us?' she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Read Socks by Cleary, Beverly, lexile & reading level: 890, (ISBN: 9780061972416). Debbie hid him because she loved him the best and didn’t want to sell him. The kitten she didn’t want to sell was named Socks.

She didn’t want to sell one of the kittens. The title character of the book would eventually become the name for Socks Clinton, the cat of U.S. It won the William Allen White Children's Book Award. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. SOCKS By: Beverly Cleary Presentation By: Destiny Hooker Chapter 1 A girl named Debbie was selling kittens. Socks is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary, originally illustrated by Beatrice Darwin, and published in 1973. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. Socks by Beverly Cleary is a DRA level of 38. Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors.

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