Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby Book 1)

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Great and fun book (ElaG)

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2021

1) I liked this book because there were funny instances about problems between siblings

2) My favorite character is Beezus because she likes reading books just like me

3) The main idea was about how Ramona and Beezus solved their problems

Ela G - 9/5/2021

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batsh42

not so good book

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2019

I don't know if this book is better for girls, but for my son and I is bored

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Reading Reader

Excellent.

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2021

Excellent.

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2017

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Bought for my Granddaughter. She is into chapter books now. I read "Ramona Grimby, Age 8" to see if the book would be something she would like. The "Ramona" books are well written and my Granddaughter (age 7) I felt would enjoy them. I got "Beezus and Ramona" because it was the first book written in the Ramona series. She thought she would like it after looking through it.

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Susie

Great story about siblings and the love hate relationship of young children with lots of humor

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2015

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A very entertaining read with one very unusual and impossible little sister and a big sister who is always coming in second to her little sister. There is great humor and belly laughs in this story. You are going to love Ramona and commiserate with Beezus.

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banana jack

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2016

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My daughter thinks this book is better than the movie. She loved reading this! Beverly Cleary writes some of the best books EVER!! It kept her interest throughout the entire book. Perfect book for a 7-year old.

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JP2Gianna T

Wonderful, funny book about growing up with a sibling

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2016

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Wonderful, funny book about growing up with a sibling. Obviously written awhile ago (like 1970s or 80s), but the situations are still pretty recognizable.

Product was in decent shape. Some obvious wear, but I bought it used, so I expected as much.

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jay are

Audible add-on good, with one exception

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016

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I bought this for my 5 year old daughter who is learning to read and is transitioning to chapter books. This whole series by Beverly Cleary is classic and I won't reiterate all the great things people have already said about the quality of the story. For the story alone, this gets five stars from me.

Why the four stars? This book is on the long side for my young reader, so I decided to purchase this in the Kindle edition with the $2.99 Audible add-on. The feature is really good in that it highlights the words as the narrator reads. I feel as though it is helping to keep her focused on reading for longer than she might otherwise. I understand that she might be inclined to just sit back and listen, but that is also okay with me. As long as she is in front of a book I am happy. BUT...as with most narration, it moves along at a good clip. I was drawn to the Audible component in part because it offers the option of changing the speed. I figured 3/4 speed would slow things down just enough that it wouldn't bog down the flow of the story but it would help my daughter keep up as she tries to read along. Well, it turns out that 3/4 speed is slower but it changes to sound so that the narration has an echo that is so distracting that the option is useless.

Great book with a very good Audible add-on but with one particular flaw that irked me.

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R. Morrison

4 stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2015

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Because it could have been a little more fun but it taught a good lesson. The author added a lot of details and character traits for Ramona and Beezus.

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