Author: Beverly Clearly
Title: Ramona the Pest
Illustrator: Tracy Dockray
Genre: Children's Fiction
Subgenre: Comedy
Theme: Ramona is excited about starting kindergarten and letting the world know about it.
Primary/Secondary Characters: Ramona, Beezus, her parents, her new classmates
Award(s)/Publication Year: no awards presented/1991
Publishing Company: HarperCollins Children's Books
Brief Summary/Book Usage: Ramona is nervous and excited about starting kindergarten. She is determined to show that she is the best kindergarten student there is. She wants everyone to know about her going to kindergarten, no matter who she annoys. Her sister Beezus gives her the nickname "Ramona the Pest" due to her on-going antics and obnoxious habits. Ramona is not affected by the nickname and still continues to show how good in kindergarten she really is. I would use this book when talking in the classroom about starting school for the first time to see how the students relate to how Ramona felt in this book. Starting school for the first time can be exciting, but also very scary.
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