Cleary and they moved to Oakland, California. Beezus and Ramona, Cleary's first novel to feature the Quimby sisters as the central focus of the story, was published in 1955, although Beezus and Ramona made frequent appearances in the Henry Huggins series as supporting characters. In response, she wrote her first book, Henry Huggins, which was published in 1950. Her first job was as a librarian in Yakima, Washington, where she met many children who were looking for the same books that she had always hoped to find as a child herself. After graduating with a B.A in English in 1938, she studied at the School of Librarianship at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she earned a degree in librarianship in 1939. She then moved to Berkeley to major in English at the University of California. In 1934, she moved to Ontario, California to attend Chaffey College, from which she earned an Associate of Arts diploma. From then on, she visited the library often, though she rarely found the books she most wanted to read - those about children like herself. It was not until she was in third grade that she found enjoyment from books, when she started reading The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins. She was slow in learning to read, partly because she did not like the books the school wanted her to read, and partly due to an unkind first grade teacher. When she was 6, her family moved to Portland, Oregon, where she went to grammar and high school. Beverly Cleary was born Beverly Atlee Bunn in McMinnville, Oregon.
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