# Beverly Cleary — books assigned in US schools

**10** books by Beverly Cleary appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 750L–860L
**Grade span:** 2–6
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/beverly-cleary
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- growing up (4)
- family (3)
- school (2)
- adventure
- being misunderstood
- camping
- chinook salmon
- coming of age
- dogs
- elementary school

## Genres

- Humor (3)
- Middle Grade Fiction (3)
- Realistic Fiction (2)

## Every Beverly Cleary title on file

- [Ribsy](https://readinglist.school/book/ribsy) _(Grades 4–6 · 1923)_
- [The Mouse and the Motorcycle](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mouse-and-the-motorcycle) _(860L · Grades 2–4 · 1965)_
- [Ramona the Pest](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-the-pest) _(750L · Grades 2–4 · 1968)_
- [Runaway Ralph](https://readinglist.school/book/runaway-ralph) _(Grades 4–6 · 1970)_
- [Ramona and Her Father](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-and-her-father) _(Grades 4–6 · 1977)_
- [Ramona Quimby, Age 8](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-quimby-age-8) _(860L · Grades 3–5 · 1981)_
- [Dear Mr. Henshaw](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-mr-henshaw) _(Grades 4–6 · 1983)_
- [Ramona's World](https://readinglist.school/book/ramonas-world) _(Grades 4–6 · 1999)_
- [Ramona Forever](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-forever) _(Grades 3–6 · 2006)_
- [Ralph S. Mouse](https://readinglist.school/book/ralph-s-mouse) _(Grades 3–6 · 2009)_

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