| Ramona Quimby is the youngest of all the famous
characters in Mrs. Cleary's wonderful Henry Huggins stories. Readers
of the earlier books will remember that Ramona has always been a menace
to Beezus, her older sister, to Henry, and to his dog Ribsy. It is
not that Ramona deliberately sets out to make trouble for other people.
She simply has more imagination than anyone else!
In this book Ramona and her imagination really come into their
own. Starting with a fairly mild encounter with the librarian, which
is harder on Beezus than anyone else, Ramona goes from strength
to strength, winding up by inviting her entire kindergarten class
to a part at her home without mentioning it to her mother. The riot
that ensues is probably the most hilarious episode in this extremely
funny book, which proves that Mrs. Cleary's imagination is almost
as lively as Ramona's.
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