6 Quotes by Beverly Cleary about kindergarten
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Miss Binney stood in front of her class and began to read aloud from Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, a book that was a favorite of Ramona’s because, unlike so many books for her age, it was neither quiet and sleepy nor sweet and pretty.
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Nothing infuriated Ramona more than having a grown-up say, as if she could not hear, that she was worn out.
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Miss Binney was not like most grown-ups. Miss Binney understood.
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Only grown-ups would say boots were for keeping feet dry. Anyone in kindergarten knew that a girl should wear shiny red or white boots on the first rainy day, not to keep her feet dry, but to show off. That’s what boots were for – showing off, wading, splashing, stamping.
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When Ramona made a great big noisy fuss, she usually got her own way. Great big noisy fusses were often necessary when a girl was the youngest member of the family and the youngest person on her block.
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Ramona, who did not mean to pester her mother, could not see why grown-ups had to be so slow.
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