Series
- Beezus and Ramona
This is the only book in the series written from older sister Beezus' point of view. In it, Beezus is struggling with her feelings for her annoying younger sister. Her four-year-old sister Ramona exasperates her with her high spirits and wild imagination. Ramona scribbles all over a library book, gets Ribsy locked in the bathroom, and disrupts Beezus' art class. Finally Beezus realizes it is possible to love her sister, even when she doesn't always like her.
- Ramona the Pest
Ramona and her neighbor Howie are going to kindergarten, and Miss Binney is their teacher. Ramona knows that she has been described as a pest, but she doesn't see herself that way, and in this book she tries very hard to be good and follow the rules. But sometimes she has a difficult time controlling herself, and one day she gets sent home from school for pulling her classmates hair. Convinced her teacher doesn't like her, Ramona refuses to return until a very special letter from her teacher brings her back.
- Ramona the Brave
Ramona sees herself as fearless, and is sometimes surprised to realize that others don't agree. It's the summer after kindergarten, and things are changing at the Quimby house. Mrs. Quimby has a part time job, and the family is having an extra bedroom added on to the house. Ramona bravely confronts bullies at the play ground and a mean dog on her way to school, but she isn't prepared for how scary it feels going to sleep in the brand new bedroom - alone.
- Ramona and Her Father, Newbery Honor book
Mr. Quimby loses his job and Ramona has some great ideas on how to earn some extra money to help out. She also decides it's time he stopped smoking, and she'll help him with that, too. By the time the church Christmas pageant arrives Ramona is feeling neglected. But the evening she was dreading turns into a success that brings the family together again.
- Ramona and Her Mother, National Book Award.
Now in the second grade, Ramona becomes jealous of her mother and Beezus, because they seem to share things she can't, like sewing and cooking. She's too young to stay home alone but tired of going to the Kemp's after school. At home, her parents are arguing, and the girls worry about who will take care of them if they get a divorce. Eventually Ramona learns that her family has problems like everyone else's, but they still love each other.
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Newbery Honor book
In this book Ramona Quimby is learning to take responsibility for herself. She is in the third grade at a new school, and making some new friends, like "Yard Ape", who rides her bus and sits behind her in class. Her family is counting on her to manage at school by herself and get along with Willa Jean after school every day. The fact that she handles everything so well shows that Ramona is maturing.
- Ramona Forever
In this book Ramona realizes change is inevitable, but she will always be herself. Beezus and Ramona don't like Howie's visiting Uncle Hobart, so they try to persuade their parents to let them stay home alone, but a misunderstanding causes trouble between them. When they find their cat Picky-Picky dead in the basement, and realize that their mother is pregnant, they learn to work together. Then Aunt Bea gets engaged to Uncle Hobart, and the family has only two weeks to plan a wedding. Finally, baby Roberta arrives, and Ramona realizes she's enjoying growing up.
- Ramona's World
Ramona's world is expanding, and it doesn't revolve as much around her family as it used to. There's a new girl in fourth grade, Daisy Kidd, and she and Ramona are best friends. Mrs. Quimby is staying home again, taking care of baby Roberta, and Ramona is trying to be a good role model for her little sister, while sharing her mother's attention. Now in High School, Beezus has new friends, too, and is interested in boys. Even as baby Roberta arrives, the older Quimby sisters are developing new interests.
As of 2012 the series has had three illustrators: Louis Darling, Alan Tiegreen and Tracy Dockray. The books are available separately and in boxed sets.
Also available, The Ramona Quimby Diary, has quotes and illustrations from all the Ramona books, plus ideas of things to write about, stickers, and places for photos and drawings.
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