Beloved children's author Beverly Cleary is hitting a milestone on Friday. She's turning 103. As a young girl, Cleary lived on a farm in a town with no library, so her mom arranged for a small library ...

Author Beverly Cleary, whose delightful books charmed children of several generations, died Thursday. She was 104. Cleary died at her home in Carmel, Calif., her publisher, HarperCollins, announced.

Harper Collins Publishers released a statement confirming the author's death Friday. Her books sold more than 85 million copies worldwide during her decades-long career. Visit Insider's homepage for ...

"I think children want to read about normal, everyday kids," Cleary told NPR in 1999. "... I think children like to find themselves in books." Children's Author Beverly Cleary, Creator Of Ramona ...

She was just a little girl, barely old enough to go to school, when she left town. Yet author Beverly Cleary spent most of the next 100 years proving that children — especially little girls — can make ...