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MerryBlooms

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Tue Apr 12, 2016, 05:34 PM Apr 2016

Beverly Cleary Is Turning 100, But She Has Always Thought Like A Kid

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Today, Oregon author Beverly Cleary turns 100! Just before her birthday, Cleary sat down with OPB to film the first ever documentary of her life “Discovering Beverly Cleary.”


http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/beverlycleary/

I loved reading Beverly Cleary's books while I was growing up, and with her being a local author, made it all the better.
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Beverly Cleary Is Turning 100, But She Has Always Thought Like A Kid (Original Post) MerryBlooms Apr 2016 OP
I never knew she was that old! Odin2005 Apr 2016 #1
Well, Henry Huggins was published in 1950, and it's now 2016... how old did you think she was? MerryBlooms Apr 2016 #2
One self kick just because MerryBlooms Apr 2016 #3
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