Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary · first published 1955
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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-year-old Beezus's point of view, as she struggles to get along with her four-year-old sister. Eventually becoming the first book of the Ramona series, it was originally illustrated by Louis Darling.
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I hear you on this. I loved the Ramona books when I was a kid, but I also got so frustrated with Ramona because she acted so irrationally. My favorite was "Beezus and Ramona" because it was told from Beezus' point of view and I identified with her much better. I think maybe some kids are just Ramonas and some are Beezuses.
on “Beverly Cleary has died” ↗> "A couple years ago, I read Beezus and Ramona, by Beverly Cleary. In it, the protagonist writes a letter to Santa: "Dear Santa, I would like a MacBook Pro, an iPhone, and an Apple Watch"" > Describe what is unusual about this paragraph. >> The…
on “Anthropic - Introducing 100K Token Context Windows, Around 75,000 Words” ↗> > A couple years ago, I read Beezus and Ramona, by Beverly Cleary. In it, the protagonist writes a letter to Santa: "Dear Santa, I would like a shetland pony, a buggy whip, and an abacus". What is unusual about this? ChatGPT > The unusual thing about…
on “Anthropic - Introducing 100K Token Context Windows, Around 75,000 Words” ↗You didn't ask it to list ALL of the unusual things. Here's a better prompt: >> "A couple years ago, I read Beezus and Ramona, by Beverly Cleary. In it, the protagonist writes a letter to Santa: "Dear Santa, I would like a shetland pony, a buggy whip, and an abacus". >> List all of the unusual or inconsistent things about the…
on “Anthropic - Introducing 100K Token Context Windows, Around 75,000 Words” ↗