She just turned 90, and her mental acuity is better than most people half her age.
She said that she was a children’s librarian in 1940 and got the idea to write kids’ books when some boys at the library complained that they couldn’t find any books “about kids like us.” So she sat down and started writing stories about the kids she had had gotten to know at the library.
From An interview with Beverly Cleary about her inspiring books for children / Boing Boing
She just turned 90, and her mental acuity is better than most people half her age.
She said that she was a children’s librarian in 1940 and got the idea to write kids’ books when some boys at the library complained that they couldn’t find any books “about kids like us.” So she sat down and started writing stories about the kids she had had gotten to know at the library.
From An interview with Beverly Cleary about her inspiring books for children / Boing Boing
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