Beezus and Ramona

Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary

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Ramona and Beezus the movie

I bought my eight year old daughter the book and the movie Beezus and Ramona a few months ago. She was very interested since she too has a little sister she considers a pest. I hadn't read the book since I was a little girl and hadn't sat down to watch the movie, so I thought it was about time.
I read the book first. It was about a four year old Ramona and her eleven year old sister Beezus. The little girl caused lots of trouble from wrecking Beezus' art class to throwing a party for 15 four year old without telling anyone. Each chapter was a different story of something crazy Ramona had done.
The movie was completely different, but still shows Ramona as being a pest. In the move Ramona is nine and Beezus is about thirteen or fourteen. In the movie the Quimby's are about to lose their house and Ramona does all she can to save it. Everything she tries to do to help turns into a disaster.
Both the book and the movie were great! Thought the stories about Ramona and Beezus were very different in the book and movie, they both were about the relationship between the two sisters and the troubles they face growing up.
This would be a great read aloud in a third or fourth grade classroom. The book is funny and would easily hold students attention.