Happy Birthday, Beverly Cleary

By BEN WATERHOUSE

Beverly Cleary, the beloved author of Henry Huggins, Beezus and Ramona and many more children's books set in Northeast Portland, is 95 today. Given the lack of rain, perhaps a trip to the Beverly Cleary sculpture garden in Grant Park is in order, followed by a stroll down Northeast Klickitat Street.

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