RamonaandHerMother

Beverly Cleary I L L U S T R AT E D B Y Tracy Dockray Contents Title Page Chapter 1. A Present for Willa Jean Chapter 2. Slacks for Ella Funt Chapter 3. Nobody Likes Ramona Chapter 4. The Quarrel Chapter 5. The Great Hair Argument Chapter 6. Ramona's New Pajamas Chapter 7. The Telephone Call About the Author Enjoy all of Beverly Cleary's books Credits Copyright About the Publisher 1. A Present for Willa Jean "When will they be here?” asked Ramona Quimby, who was supposed to be dusting the living room but instead was twirling around trying to make herself dizzy. She was much too excited to dust. “In half an hour,” cried her mother from the kitchen, where she and Ramona’s big sister Beatrice were opening and closing the refrigerator and oven doors, bumping into one another, forgetting where they had laid the pot holders, finding them and losing the measuring spoons. The Quimbys were about to entertain their neighbors at a New Year’s Day brunch to celebrate Mr. Quimby’s finding a job at the ShopRite Market after being out of work for several months. Ramona liked the word brunch, half breakfast and half......