Beezus and Ramona is a 1955 children's novel written by
Beverly Cleary. It is the first of Cleary's books to focus on
Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice, known as
Beezus.
Beezus and Ramona is
realistic fiction, written from nine-year-old Beezus' point of view, as she struggles to get along with her four-year-old sister. Eventually becoming the first book of the
Ramona series, it was originally illustrated by
Louis Darling; later editions were illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and then by
Tracy Dockray.