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by Ellen Tebbits

  “We’re coming, you—you old pieface,” answered Ellen, gathering up an armful of erasers.

  “Yah, pieface!” said Austine.

  “Pieface! Pieface!” yelled the girls. “Otis is a pieface!”

  “Aw, cut it out,” said Otis.

  A window flew open. “What are you girls doing?” demanded the principal.

  “Just clapping erasers,” answered Austine.

  “I don’t want any more noise in the schoolyard during classes. Return to your room at once,” ordered the principal, and slammed the window.

  “Broth-er, are you going to catch it!” said Otis cheerfully, and walked like a monkey back into the school building.

  “Come on, Austine,” said Ellen. She didn’t care if they did catch it. She didn’t care what happened. She and Austine were best friends again.

  About the Author

  BEVERLY CLEARY is one of America’s most popular authors. Born in McMinnville, Oregon, she lived on a farm in Yamhill until she was six and then moved to Portland. After college, as the children’s librarian in Yakima, Washington, she was challenged to find stories for non-readers. She wrote her first book, HENRY HUGGINS, in response to a boy’s question, “Where are the books about kids like us?”

  Mrs. Cleary’s books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented in recognition of her lasting contribution to children’s literature. Her DEAR MR. HENSHAW was awarded the 1984 John Newbery Medal, and both RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8 and RAMONA AND HER FATHER have been named Newbery Honor Books. In addition, her books have won more than thirty-five statewide awards based on the votes of her young readers. Her characters, including Henry Huggins, Ellen Tebbits, Otis Spofford, and Beezus and Ramona Quimby, as well as Ribsy, Socks, and Ralph S. Mouse, have delighted children for generations. Mrs. Cleary lives in coastal California.

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  FEATURING

  RAMONA QUIMBY:

  Beezus and Ramona

  Ramona the Pest

  Ramona the Brave

  Ramona and Her Father

  Ramona and Her Mother

  Ramona Quimby, Age 8

  Ramona Forever

  Ramona’s World

  FEATURING

  HENRY HUGGINS:

  Henry Huggins

  Henry and Beezus

  Henry and Ribsy Henry and the Paper Route

  Henry and the Clubhouse

  Ribsy

  FEATURING

  RALPH MOUSE:

  The Mouse and the Motorcycle

  Runaway Ralph

  Ralph S. Mouse

  MORE GREAT FICTION

  BY BEVERLY CLEARY:

  Ellen Tebbits

  Otis Spofford

  Fifteen

  The Luckiest Girl

  Jean and Johnny

  Emily’s Runaway Imagination

  Sister of the Bride

  Mitch and Amy

  Socks

  Dear Mr. Henshaw

  Muggie Maggie

  Strider

  Two Times the Fun

  AND DON'T MISS BEVERLY CLEARY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHIES:

  A Girl from Yamhill

  My Own Two Feet

  Copyright

  ELLEN TEBBITS. Copyright © 1951 by Beverly Cleary. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  EPub © Edition SEPTEMBER 2009 ISBN: 9780061972164

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