Ramona and beezus, director elizabeth allens bigscreen mashup of beverly clearys. Uncle hobart also known as howies rich uncle is a cheerful funloving man whom ramona hated until the end of the book ramona forever. The principal book, ramona and beezus, showed up in 1955. Little flourishes remind fans of the book that this is ramona as she has. His wife grandma day died before the first book, so ramona probably met her, but was young to remember. This movie was adapted from beverly clearys novels about ramona quimby and beezus quimby. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The ladies of the quimby clan aunt bea ginnifer goodwin, far left, beezus gomez, center, dorothy bridget moynahan, far right and ramona. She focused on them again in 1968s ramona the pest, and eventually released eight books in the ramona series, as of 2015. Afterwards, during the reception, beezus and henry share a kiss and then dance. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. She seems to be nice to ramona, and doesnt think of her as a pest. Beatrice kemp ramona and beezus wiki fandom powered by wikia. Beezus and ramona s baby sister, who is born at the end of ramona forever.
The ramona books grew out of clearys earlier henry huggins series and take place in the same neighborhood. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading beezus and ramona ramona quimby book 1. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Beezus and ramona ramona quimby book 1 kindle edition by. Ramona is a dreamer with an overactive imagination. Ramonas unusual silence made beezus glance up from her book. Aunt beatrice is ramona and beezuss aunt, she is where beezus got her real name.
One of the things that happened in this story that was funny was that one day ramona, beezus, willa jean, howie, uncle hobart went shopping for the wedding. The films title derives from beezus and ramona, the first of clearys ramona books, though the plot is mostly based on the sequels, particularly ramona forever and ramona s world. Whatever surprises are in store, ramona is determined to be happy and helpful. Ramonas vivid imagination, boundless energy, and accidentprone antics keep everyone she meets on their toes. In ramonas world 1999, ramona is now in the fourth grade and has made a new best friend in daisy kidd. Oct 26, 2011 john corbett my big fat greek wedding and bridget moynahan i, robot also star as ramona and beezus parents, robert and dorothy quimby, while ginnifer goodwin hes just not that into you. If you want to know more about ramona read the story. See more ideas about ramona and beezus, joey king and beverly cleary. Ramona s mother makes secret phone calls and stops eating dessert, and aunt bea is hiding something, too.
They are finally old enough to stay home together, and they work hard to get along. Jul 23, 2010 ramona and beezus the classic childrens books come to life as ramona tries her best to keep the quimby family afloat. The seventh book in the ramona quimby series, it continues the story of ramona, her older sister, beezus, and their family. Beezus and ramona ramona quimby book 1 and millions of other books are available for instant access. In the book, beezus is battling with her affections for her irritating more youthful sister ramona. Her characters, including beezus and ramona quimby, henry huggins, and ralph, the motorcycleriding mouse, have delighted children for generations. Beezus and ramona aunt beatrice arrives childrens book. She says, it makes the fun parts funner and the scary parts. Beezus is certainly part of the story, but so is aunt bea ginnifer goodwin, mrs. At 8 years old, ramona is also spunky and curious and fearless, fascinated by the world around her. Adapted from beverly clearys perennially popular book series, the movie stars joey king as ramona.
The last ramona book, ramonas world, was distributed in 1999, 15 years after the past one. This film is fine fare for parents and young children. Ramona and hobart have a shaky relationship, as ramona refers to him as freak face and hobart refers to her as ramona q. At home, beezus shows ramona how to spell and write her name, and ramona practices by writing it on the pages of the library book in purple crayon. Beezus and ramona by beverly cleary, jacqueline rogers, louis. I think the book is funny because ramona went crazy when she heard aunt bea was marrying howies uncle. The books have probably helped numerous children become avid readers, and ramona and beezus stands a really good chance of turning more than a few kids into movie buffs. Ramona realizes she is beginning to grow up as roberta is born. The movie mashup of beverly clearys classic novels is a rosetinted look. But even aunt bea is distracted these days because of her exboyfriend and quimby family nextdoor. Theres a comfort and a warmth in watching this movie, and you may even get caught up with the side stories, whether its ramona s beloved cute aunt bea resparking an old romance or beezus kind of striking up a first one.
Jaqueline rogers has been a professional childrens book illustrator for more than twenty years and has worked on nearly one hundred childrens books. In 1955 cleary wrote beezus and ramona, the first book to center on the quimby sisters. Beatrice kemp ramona and beezus wiki fandom powered by. She and beezus manage to convince their parents to let them stay home alone together after school for one week to. After a carpainting accident involving beas old flame hobart josh duhamel, ramona gives up her moneymaking schemes. Selena gomez appears within this film playing beatrice quimby. Howie and his sister, willa jean, talk only about uncle hobart. Anne quimby and a younger sister, roberta day quimby.
Beezus and ramona ramona quimby book 1 kindle edition by cleary, beverly, tracy dockray. Beezus and ramona quotes by beverly cleary goodreads. Ramona and beezus a wise and whimsical good time e. Oct 09, 2018 watch ramona and beezus and, chances are, youll be enchanted by the wonderful joey king. The first book, beezus and ramona, appeared in 1955. Her mother seems to be keeping a secret, and something is happening between aunt bea and her friend howies rich uncle. And of course aunt beatrice would bring more presents very special presents. Ramona and beezus agree to be maids of honor at the wedding. Meanwhile, ramonas visiting aunt bea ginnifer goodwin is one of the few people who accept ramona despite all her eccentricities. The ramona books are a series of eight humorous childrens novels by beverly cleary that center on ramona quimby, her family and friends. Aunt beatrice ramona quimby wiki fandom powered by wikia.
Uncle hobart ramona quimby wiki fandom powered by wikia. Ramona and beezus, a sunny and guileless grated confection, tries earnestly to make up for lost time by squeezing something from almost every one of those eight books into one movie. Ramona forever is a humorous childrens novel written by beverly cleary. The adventures of young ramona quimby newcomer joey king and her big sister beezus selena gomez come to life in this all. The ramona books are a progression of eight diverting youngsters books by beverly cleary that inside on ramona quimby, her family and companions. Beezus and ramona 1955 this is the main book in the series composed from more established sister beezus perspective. The classic childrens books come to life as ramona tries her best to keep the quimby family afloat. Ramona dreams up various plans to make money so that she can save their house, but because everybody in the family seems too preoccupied to help her with her own worries, she turns to the one person who always has time for her, aunt bea. As for the little sisters name, cleary overheard a. Buying a book and paying for damage are not the same thing, miss evans pointed out to ramona. It was directed by elizabeth allen, coproduced by dune entertainment, di novi pictures, and walden media, written by laurie craig and nick pustay, and produced by denise di novi and alison greenspan with music by mark mothersbaugh. In the henry huggins books beezus was one of henrys friends, and her younger sister ramona was generally a pest to henry, beezus and the other children.
Then she turned to beezus and said triumphantly, you said people didnt buy books at the library and now youve just bought one. It continues the story of ramona, her older sister, beezus, and their family. Ramona quickly finds the rings so the ceremony can continue. Ramona and beezus is a 2010 foxwalden film adaptation of the ramona series of novels by beverly cleary. Ramona and beezus wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Selena gomez plays her big sister, beatrice better known as beezus does a good job as well. Ramona and beezus is thoroughly pleasant, and while that may sound like a case of damning a movie with faint praise, the truth is that this is one of the most enjoyable family films of the summer. John corbett my big fat greek wedding and bridget moynahan i, robot also star as ramona and beezus parents, robert and dorothy quimby, while ginnifer goodwin hes just not that into you. Ramona and beezus 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Beezus discovers that as girls, her mother and aunt bea had a relationship much.
The last book, ramonas world, was distributed in 1999. When ramona writes her name in a library book, the librarian says the book. Ramona and beezus by elizabeth allen elizabeth allen, joey. The adventures of young ramona quimby newcomer joey king and her big sister beezus selena gomez come to life in this all new film based on the bestselling books by beverly cleary. During the ceremony, howie fumbles his role as ringbearer by dropping the rings. View mobile site jokeypsych endgamehonest galaxyquest. Aunt beatrice is ramona and beezus s aunt, she is where beezus got her real name. Quimby and aunt bea s dad, who helps planned aunt bea s wedding. In both the book and movie aunt bea is a role model to beezus and ramona. John corbett my big fat greek wedding and bridget moynahan i, robot also star as ramona and beezus parents, robert and dorothy quimby, while. What works in this movie is the genuine likability and believability of the characters and actors.
Ramona is determined to find out whats going on and shell probably get into trouble in the process. Ramona and beezus is a 2010 american family adventure comedy film adaptation based on the ramona series of novels written by beverly cleary. Quimbys sister, who is a teacher, and beezus favorite aunt and ideal adult. The adventures of young ramona quimby joey king and her big sister beezus selena gomez come to life in this all new film based on the bestselling books by beverly cleary. Ramona s life changes the moment howie kemps mysterious uncle arrives from saudi arabia.
Ramona exasperates beezus with her high spirits and wild imagination. Ramona always managed to get her own way, beezus gingerly took the book. Jul 22, 2010 beezus is certainly part of the story, but so is aunt bea ginnifer goodwin, mrs. Ramona and beezus name like beezus clip fox family. Meacham sandra oh, having prim fun and especially robert quimby, ramona s dad john corbett.
Because she was named after her aunt beatrice, beezus felt she might be like. As aunt bea and hobarts wedding begins, ramona and beezus clasp hands as they head down the aisle as bridesmaids. She also has an older sister, beatrice beezus anne quimby and a younger sister, roberta day quimby. A learning to calm down her hair b happy her mother is home c doing a good job at growing up d playing a word game with beezus. Beatrice kemp is a passionate, fiesty woman who is most notably the aunt of ramona quimby. Ramona geraldine bia quimby 1952 in books 2000 in movies is the main protagonist of the ramona and beezis series and is the daughter of robert quimby and dorothy quimby.
This makes beezus furious because the book was checked out on her card. While the sisters are worried without good reason that their parents could be headed for divorce, love begins to blossom for ramona s beloved aunt bea ginnifer goodwin and her goofy high school sweetheart hobart josh duhamel and also for beezus and lifelong pal henry huggins hutch dano, clearys first protagonist. Consider the passage in clearys book in which pickypicky. The actress, joey king, who plays ramona does a fabulous and believable job. In the book, beezus is struggling with her feelings for her annoying younger sister ramona. Jul 23, 2010 naturally ramonas not happy when aunt bea starts to fall for ramonas best friend howies uncle hobart josh duhmel. Quimby is pregnant and aunt bea gets engaged in a book that sees ramona coping with growing up. Despite the title being an inversion of the first book s title beezus and ramona, that book has the least amount of material used in the movie, and most of the films plot actually comes from the fourth and seventh books ramona and her father and ramona forever. Ramona is jealous that roberta has all her parents attention, but.