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A video interview with

Beverly Cleary

When children ask Beverly Cleary where she finds her ideas, she replies, "From my own experience and from the world around me." That's why characters like Ramona and her older sister Beezus are favorites among all generation of readers. In this exclusive video interview, Mrs. Cleary talks about her own struggles with reading, and how she was inspired to eventually become a Newbery-winning children's book author.

Click here‡ to watch this interview online, or read the interview transcript. You can also read a short biography of Beverly Cleary or see a selected list of her children's books.

‡ This video clip will appear in Windows Media Player, which most computers already have installed, or you can download it now. Macintosh users can download the free Flip4Mac playback file, which allows you to play Windows Media files in your Quicktime player.

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