Beverly Clearly Turns 94

From the School Library Journal

An excerpt from the interview...

What are some of the highlights of your career?

Oh, my goodness! (laughs) The lovely letters that I’ve received from children, parents, and teachers. My original readers have grown up. In the last few years, to my surprise, I have received letters from men saying they were grateful to me for writing books that they wanted to read when they were boys—and that’s why I started writing in the first place! I wrote Henry Huggins (HarperCollins, 1950) because when I was a children’s librarian, there was almost nothing contemporary for boys. A little boy changed my life when he said, “Where are the books about kids like us?” All my books are still in print. The awards I’ve won are the frosting on the cake. I’ve had an exceptionally happy career. It’s been happy all the way and it has lasted a long, long time.

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