Ramona and Her Father

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Ramona and Her Father

Cover of Ramona and Her Father
Author Beverly Cleary
Cover artist Tracy Dockray
Country United States
Language English
Series Ramona Quimby
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date 1977
Pages 165
ISBN ISBN 0-380-70916-3 ISBN 978-0-380-70916-8
Preceded by Ramona the Brave
Followed by Ramona and Her Mother

Ramona and Her Father is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is part of Cleary's acclaimed Ramona Quimby series. The book was first published in 1977 and was illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray.

Contents

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Ramona is well into her second grade year at Glenwood School, and all is going well until one day her father comes home and announces that he has lost his job. The Quimbys must now cope with the breadwinner now searching for another job - filling out job applications and collecting unemployment insurance. Until then, Mrs. Quimby, who has been working part time at a hospital, secures full time work (for another doctor she has been working for in the past) to keep the family going, in essence becoming the breadwinner herself, but things are still very tight for the family.

Many of the chapters in the book are of Ramona hilariously trying to keep things together despite all this. The Quimbys try to have a Halloween, only to have their cat Picky-picky eat the jack o'lantern. Other subplots deal with the family's temperamental car, Beezus and her hangups about creative writing, and Ramona's crafty attempts to get her father to kick his smoking habit.

The final chapter finds Mr. Quimby finally getting a job as a supermarket cashier, and of Beezus and Ramona participating in their church's annual Christmas pageant with Beezus' friend Henry Huggins. Ramona has the idea for her and her friends Howie Kemp and Davy to be sheep in the pageant, but Ramona's costume is made of a pair of old pajamas because her mother had little time to sew (mainly due to her full time work schedule). Nevertheless, the sheep steal the show.

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  1. ^ Ramona and Her Father: by Beverly Cleary. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.

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Works by Beverly Cleary
Henry Huggins series:
Henry Huggins • Henry and Beezus • Henry and Ribsy • Henry and the Paper Route • Henry and the Clubhouse • Ribsy
Ramona Quimby series:
The Mouse and the Motorcycle series:
Other books:
Ellen Tebbits • Otis Spofford • Fifteen • The Luckiest Girl • Jean and Johnny • Sister of the Bride • Mitch and Amy • Socks • Dear Mr. Henshaw • Lucky Chuck • A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir • Muggie Maggie • Strider • Petey's Bedtime Story • My Own Two Feet • The Hullabaloo ABC • Emily's Runaway Imagination
Other characters: