A girl from Yamhill
a memoir
by Beverly Cleary
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Follows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing.
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American Authors, Authors, American, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Childhood and youth, Juvenile Nonfiction, Juvenile literature, Nonfiction, Social life and customs, Youth, Stories, Children's fiction, Authors, american, bibliography, Oregon, social life and customs, Biography, juvenile literature, GirlsPeople
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Continued by: My own two feet.
Originally published: New York : Morrow, c1988.
"First Avon Books Trade Printing: February 1999"--Verso t.p.
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"Mother and I stand on the weathered and warped back steps looking up at my father, who sits, tall and handsome in work clothes, astride a chestnut horse."
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Generations of children have grown up with Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and all of their friends, families, and assorted pets. For everyone who has enjoyed the pranks and schemes, embarrassing moments, and all of the other poignant and colorful images of childhood brought to life in Beverly Cleary books, here is the fascinating true story of the remarkable woman who created them.
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