Beverly Cleary wrote over 30 books for children in her career. Here are some of the more obscure offerings.

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A writer’s home is a kind of autobiography, and visiting the place where a great work of literature was written gives you a deeper understanding of both the book and the person who wrote it. Put these places on the list for your next literary pilgrimage.
While her older sister Beezus calls her a “pest,” Ramona’s imaginative and lively nature is why readers still love her all these years later.
This isn’t a trick: J.K. Rowling has a very special treat in store for Harry Potter fans this Halloween. A series of games and riddles posted to Rowling’s website Pottermore.com this week culminated in Friday’s big reveal that the Rowling will release a n
Based on his experiences as a POW during the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945, 'Slaughterhouse-Five' propelled author Kurt Vonnegut, who had been largely ignored and classified as a sci-fi paperback writer, to fame and literary acclaim.
'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' is the best known book from C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. But it's not the first.
No matter which popular author you disdain, you're bound to find yourself in good company: There's no love lost between these writers.
Whether you're a wizard, squib, or just plain muggle, you're probably celebrating the Chosen One's birthday today. And what better way to do it than by examining the origins of some of the wonderful words J.K. Rowling used to create the world of the Boy W
If you’ve ever been on the Internet, chances are you’ve stumbled across a thought-provoking essay by hyperprolific writer and English professor Roxane Gay. We wanted to find out how she finds time to watch Law & Order.
“It was not my first published story, nor my last,” the writer recounted in a 1960 lecture, “but I have been assured over and over that if it had been the only story I ever wrote and published, there would still be people who would not forget my name.”
Shel Silverstein bridged the worlds of adult and children's art, while becoming wildly popular in the process.
Ditch the dry, stodgy classics and hunker down with these delightfully enticing reads from over a century ago.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry didn't come by the phrase "What is essential is invisible to the eye" easily.