Ramona Quimby

Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a fictional character in an eponymous series of novels by Beverly Cleary, published from the 1950s to 1990s. She first appears in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering younger sister of Henry's new best friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family. In 1955 the first novel in the Ramona series was published, Beezus and Ramona., however Ramona would remain as a presence in all of the Henry Huggins novels.

The Ramona-specific series focuses on Ramona as she grows from a child in nursery school (Beezus and Ramona) to one in the fourth grade (Ramona's World). Topics Ramona faces in the books range from financial instability, the death of a family pet, school bullies, divorce, marriage, to sibling relations and experiencing the addition of a new sibling.