书名：Ramona Quimby Age 8雷梦拉八岁
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数860L
作者：Beverly Cleary
出版社名称：HarperCollins
出版时间：2016
语种：英文
ISBN：9780380709564
商品尺寸：13 x 1.1 x 19.4 cm
包装：平装
页数：208
★纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖
★美国图书馆协会优秀童书
★波士顿全球号角书奖银奖
★美国父母选择奖金奖
★国际阅读协会/美国童书协会“儿童评选喜爱童书”
★被翻译成十几种语言，改编成电影和电视剧

“永远的雷梦拉”系列是美国哈珀·柯林斯出版集团的一套看家畅销书和长销书，共计八册，全球销量超过3000，0000册，是美国儿童文学史上经典的阳光女孩形象。该系列荣获纽伯瑞银奖、美国国家图书奖等多项大奖，被美国图书馆协会和童书理事会列为推荐书目，同时被权威儿童教育和文学专家收入在《朗读手册》和《给孩子100本书》中。

这本Ramona Quimby Age 8《雷梦拉八岁》为该系列之一。雷梦拉用她的成长经历映射出时代的光辉，在她的成长道路上，她遇到了每个人都曾经遇到的困难，也让每个小读者在自己身上都能找到雷梦拉的影子。她是每个小女孩心中的偶像，也是美国儿童文学史上永恒的经典形象。

媒体推荐：
“克莱瑞通过雷梦拉的眼睛展示给我们真实的生活，告诉年少的读者们，他们并不孤独。” ——《科克斯书评》杂志

“能同时获得读者和评论家的一致好评实属难得，从克莱瑞的作品中，每个人都能感受到一种愉悦的氛围。无论是雷梦拉的冒险经历还是她的休闲生活，都如此真实地再现了生活的原貌。”——《纽约时报》

In this special reissue of Ramona Quimby, Age 8, the timeless classic now features a special foreword written by actress, producer, and author Amy Poehler, as well as an exclusive interview with Beverly Cleary herself.
Ramona likes that she’s old enough to be counted on, but must everything depend on her? Mrs. Quimby has gone back to work so that Mr. Quimby can return to school, and Ramona is expected to be good for Mrs. Kemp while her parents are away, to be brave enough to ride the school bus by herself, and to put up with being teased by Danny the Yard Ape. In Ramona’s world, being eight isn’t easy, but it’s never dull!
In this Newbery Honor Book, Beverly Cleary lovingly chronicles Ramona’s experiences.

Review
“Cleary shows us life through Ramona’s eyes and shows her young readers that they are not alone.”  —Kirkus Reviews

“Ramona is justifiably one of the most famous and loved characters in children’s fiction.” —Publishers Weekly
三年级的生活可不简单！

八岁的雷梦拉马上就要读三年级了。在学校，爱出风头的雷梦拉因为一次“鸡蛋事件”而担心老师说她是讨厌鬼；在家里，经历“牛舌风波”的姐妹俩要自尝苦果，为父母准备一顿晚餐；生病后，她竟能别出心裁地做一场精彩的读书报告……
这就是八岁的雷梦拉，聪明又可爱，淘气又任性。在她三年级的生活中，有酸甜苦辣，也有成长的美好和希望……
Everything depends on Ramona.
Ramona’s job is to be nice to fussy Mrs. Kemp, who watches her while her mother works. If Mrs. Quimby didn’t work, Mr. Quimby couldn’t return to college. On top of all that, third grade isn’t turning out as Ramona expected. Danny the Yard Ape teases her and, on one horrible day, she throws up—at school. Being eight isn’t easy, but it’s never dull!

贝芙莉·克莱瑞1916年生于美国的俄勒冈州，她自小受到做图书馆管理员母亲的熏陶，喜爱看书，从小就立志要写一些关于童年趣事以及身边小朋友的图书。贝芙莉曾在华盛顿大学致力于研究儿童图书的图书馆管理工作，并在日后成为一名图书馆的管理员。
贝芙莉的灵感大多来自她日常的生活体验及周遭的环境。她的书为她赢得了许多著名的奖项，其中《亲爱的汉修先生》获得了1984年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖，并同时为她赢得了1983年美国文学杰出贡献奖；“永远的雷梦拉系列”中的三部作品分别获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖和美国国家图书奖。她的作品被译成十多种语言，全球销量高达9100万册，其中畅销的“永远的雷梦拉系列”销量突破3000万册，至今畅销不衰，还曾被改编为电视剧，深受孩子们的喜爱。2003年贝芙莉获得美国国会颁发的美国国家荣誉艺术奖章。

Beverly Cleary was born in McMinnville, Oregon, and, until she was old enough to attend school, lived on a farm in Yamhill, a town so small it had no library. Her mother arranged with the State Library to have books sent to Yamhill and acted as librarian in a lodge room upstairs over a bank. There Mrs. Cleary learned to love books. Mrs. Cleary’s hobbies are travel and needlework.
Ramona Quimby hoped her parents would forget to give her a little talking-to. She did not want anything to spoil this exciting day.
“Ha-ha, I get to ride the bus to school all by myself,” Ramona bragged to her big sister, Beatrice, at breakfast. Her stomach felt quivery with excitement at the day ahead, a day that would begin with a bus ride just the right length to make her feel a long way from home but not long enough—she hoped— to make her feel carsick. Ramona was going to ride the bus, because changes had been made in the schools in the Quimbys’ part of the city during the summer. Glenwood, the girls’ old school, had become an intermediate school, which meant Ramona had to go to Cedarhurst Primary School.
“Ha-ha yourself.” Beezus was too excited to be annoyed with her little sister. “Today I start high school.”
“Junior high school,” corrected Ramona, who was not going to let her sister get away with acting older than she really was. “Rosemont Junior High School is not the same as high school, and besides you have to walk.”
Ramona had reached the age of demanding accuracy from everyone, even herself. All summer, whenever a grown-up asked what grade she was in, she felt as if she were fibbing when she answered, “third,” because she had not actually started the third grade. Still, she could not say she was in the second grade since she had finished that grade last June. Grown-ups did not understand that summers were free from grades.