girl: "o fday afternoon henry huggins sat on the front steps of his white house on klickitat street, with his dog..." beverly cleary is, a, one of the greatest writers in the history of oregon... she's a rock star! i think she's a great author, and i really enjoy reading her books. and, b, one of the greatest writers in the history of america... she does more with one sentence than a lot of writers can do with a whole chapter. and, c, one of the greatest writers in the history of the planet. because why? beverly cleary has sold 99 million books! sometimes when you go back and read books that you loved as a kid, and they just don't seem to work anymore? her books do. she's awesome! [ ♪ ]