Description
Walking with Ramona explores the streets, schools, characters, and neighborhoods of creator Beverly Cleary’s Portland. With this charming guidebook, readers can walk the very sidewalks Beverly walked and climb the very school steps that Beverly climbed. You’ll be able to see the grocery parking zone where Ramona got stuck within the mud, the park lawn where Henry Huggins hunted nightcrawlers, and the true Portland street that became Klickitat Street, their fictional home. Beverly Cleary’s Portland was once much different than the Portlandia of as of late. Walking with Ramona brings to life what that 1920s and 1930s Portland was once like for the girl from Yamhill” who went on to develop into an the world over beloved children’s book creator. Characters like Ramona and Beezus, Henry and Ribsy, and Ellen and Austine come to life in this hour-long walking route through the Northeast Portland neighborhood where Beverly grew up.
An almost 3-mile walk or bike ride around Northeast Portland, plus other Oregon destinations.