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The World of Beverly Cleary ActivityThe World of Beverly Cleary Activity
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2nd - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Activity

The World of Beverly Cleary

Curated by ACT

A wonderful site all about famous author Beverly Cleary. It offers the visitor many things to do and explore, including the neighborhood where her stories take place and a little about her characters. Gives the visitor some games to play with characters from her books.

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children's literature, summer reading, beverly cleary

Additional Tags

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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