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Timeless books by authors such as Beverly Cleary bring far more joy than those that give a knowing wink to parents
‘In Beverly Cleary’s Beezus and Ramona we watch as Beezus bribes Ramona to pipe down by reading a book.’ Photograph: Anthony McCartney/AP
‘In Beverly Cleary’s Beezus and Ramona we watch as Beezus bribes Ramona to pipe down by reading a book.’ Photograph: Anthony McCartney/AP
Sun 4 Apr 2021 08.00 EDT
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There’s a child who exists only in fiction, specifically modern fiction aimed at six-year-old girls. Her name, invariably, ends in a “y”. Her tone is perky – or “sassy”, as reviewers occasionally describe it – her speech is arch, and her humour is self-referential. “How many minutes is shortly?” muses one such heroine, from a franchise targeted at the American first grader. “Is it one minute or eight minutes or eleven minutes? On account of it’s one minute, I can wait, probably. But eleven minute
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Happy new year, book nerds, and what a month itâs been. In the last week alone, the Vice President of the United States refused the Presidentâs request to overturn the election, resulting in an insurrection at the Capitol. Meanwhile, Dick Cheneyâs daughter is on television, leading a call to impeach Donald Trump, for the second time.
Aimee Molloy STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Oh my gosh â the twists!
If like me, youâre having a hard time looking away from reality long enough to pick up a book, Iâm here for you. I was planning on spending this time â 10 months now, of staying home â with stories set in an array of interesting, far-away locales. But given the state of the world, I want to offer something else: books gripping enough to pull in even the most distracted readers, during these most distracting of times.
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