Happy Birthday, Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary, the author best known for her series about Ramona Quimby celebrates her 95th birthday today.
Did you know she worked at the Ontario library from 1935-36?
She did. As our columnist David Allen has detailed in the past, Cleary began working in the Ontario library and decided to become a writer after success in her classes at Chaffey Junior College, which was only a few blocks away from the campus. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies, second only to J.K. Rowling.
As a student at the college, Cleary lived on Euclid Avenue. After receiving her degree from Chaffey, the children's author went on to continue her education at UC Berkeley.
Because of Cleary's connection to Ontario, the staff at the library decided to hold her a birthday party last week. Read Friday's edition of City News, we'll have the whole story.
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| Liset Márquez has covered the city of Ontario for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin since 2008. She started the OntarioNow blog in August 2008. To contact Liset, leave a comment on this blog or send an e-mail to Liset Marquez |
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