Tracy Dockray (born 1962) is an American artist. She illustrated the current

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Beverly Cleary Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916March 25, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first b ...

's children's novels.

Biography

Tracy Dockray spent her early years growing up on the plains of Texas before moving to New York where she attained an MFA from the Pratt Institute. She moved from mural painting to puppet design to fabric design before she found her passion creating children's books. She currently resides in Greenwich Village, New York with her husband, children, and pets. She is mostly known for the popular series by Beverly Cleary that she illustrated which includes the Ramona Series and the Mouse and the Motorcycle Series. Most recently she illustrated the Fix-It Friends Series by Nicole C. Kear. Altogether, Dockray has illustrated over 25 books. Her careers throughout the years included the following: *puppetry *sculpture *illustrating *painting murals **school playgrounds **hospitals **children's rooms

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Dockray has participated in the Learning Inc. Literacy Programs as well as the Learning Leaders Author's Read-aloud Program that is located in New York. She has contributed to the annual Children's Literary Event that is located at the Bethlehem Center in Dallas, Texas. Dockray is a member of the Society of Illustrators.

Bibliography

* Fix-It Friends books 1-4 by Nicole C. Kear * Izzy and Oscar by Allison Estes * Stay! by Lois Lowry * The Scare in My Hair by Tracy Dockray * The Lost and Found Pony by Tracy Dockray * Sweet Baby Feet byMargaret O'hair * The Tushy Book by Fran Manushkin * Jammy Dance by Rebecca Janni * Hear That? by Tama Janowitz * My Bunny Diary by Tracy Dockray * Delia at the Delano by Bob Morris * Grimm's Grimmest by Tracy Dockray Books by Beverly Cleary * ''

Beezus and Ramona ''Beezus and Ramona'' is a 1955 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the first of Cleary's books to focus on Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice, known as Beezus. ''Beezus and Ramona'' is realistic fiction, written from nine-y ...

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Ramona the Pest ''Ramona the Pest'', by Beverly Cleary, is the second book of the Ramona series and the first to focus on Ramona Quimby as the protagonist. This children's book chronicles the adventures of Ramona's first few months at kindergarten. The book's ...

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Ramona the Brave ''Ramona the Brave'' is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the third book in the Ramona series, and follows Ramona Quimby and her classmates (some of them were in her kindergarten class for the previous year) going into first gr ...

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Ramona and Her Father ''Ramona and Her Father'' is the fourth book in Beverly Cleary's popular Ramona Quimby series. In this humorous children's novel, Mr. Quimby loses his job and Ramona thinks up ways to earn money and help her family out. Published in 1977, ''Ram ...

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Ramona and Her Mother ''Ramona and Her Mother'' by Beverly Cleary is the fifth book of the popular Ramona series. Mr. Quimby has found another job, though it is one he does not like very much. Ramona finds herself caught between being too young to stay home alone and ...

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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 ''Ramona Quimby, Age 8'' (1981) is a novel by Beverly Cleary in the Ramona series. Ramona Quimby is in the third grade, now at a new school, and making some new friends. With Beezus in Jr. High and Mr. Quimby going back to college, Ramona feels ...

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The Mouse and the Motorcycle ''The Mouse and the Motorcycle'' is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically ...

'' * '' Runaway Ralph'' * '' Ralph S. Mouse'' "Henry Huggins" "Henry and Beezus" "Henry and Ribsy" "Henry and the Paper Route" "Henry and the Clubhouse" "Mich and Amy" "Muggie Maggie" "Socks" "Ribsy" "Emily's Runaway Imagination" "Otis Spofford"

References

External links

Tracy Dockray at harpercollinschildrens.com

Tracy Dockray's Website
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