Ramona and her Father - author study

Author - Beverly Cleary
Illustrator - Alan Tiegreen
Publisher - Avon, 1975.
Page #'s - 186
Rating - 4/5

Romona and her Father is a Newbery Award winning book. It is just one in many of the Romona series. This tale focuses on her father. He has lost his job and everything is changing because of it. He is home all day and always in a bad mood. She wants him to quit smoking and is always reminding him in funny ways. They cannot afford all the things they used to have and it is putting stress on the whole family. Romona seems to be the only happy member of the family. When they cannot afford a costume for Romona for the school play, she is upset at first, but realizes that life goes on and she is happy the way things are. In the end, her father does get a job, and quits smoking!

This is a funny book and Romona is so likable like she is in all the books. I do not think that the story is Newbery Honor worthy because I think of those books as being more deep and having more serious issues. This book does tackle a few serious issues though, such as smoking and losing a job. This is a good book for a child to read if a family member is dealing with those issues. But overall, it is a funny tale of Romona and her everyday mischief.