Editing Beverly Cleary (section)

==Honors and legacy==
[[File:Grant Park, Portland OR, February 2013.jpg|thumb|left|Statue of [[Ramona Quimby]] in Grant Park, [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]]]
In 1975, Cleary won the [[Laura Ingalls Wilder Award]] from the [[American Library Association]] for "substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature".<ref name=wilder>[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/wilderpast "Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, Past winners"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422233715/http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/wilderpast |date=April 22, 2016 }}. [[Association for Library Service to Children]] (ALSC). [[American Library Association]] (ALA). Retrieved June 8, 2013.<br /> [http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/wilderabout "About the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421125422/http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/wilderabout |date=April 21, 2016 }}. ALSC. ALA. Retrieved June 8, 2013.</ref> She was the U.S. nominee for the biennial international [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] in 1984.<ref name=ibby-nominee>[https://archive.today/20130114185952/http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=14769&viewmode=fullscreen&scale=3.33&rotate=&page=105 "Candidates for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 1956–2002"]. ''The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002''. [[IBBY]]. [[Gyldendal]]. 2002. pp. 110–118. Hosted by [[Austrian Literature Online]] (literature.at). Retrieved July 14, 2013.</ref> In April 2000, she was named [[Library of Congress Living Legend]] in the writers and artists category for her contributions to the cultural heritage of the United States.<ref name=childrenslit>{{cite web |url=http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_cleary_beverly.html |title=Meet Authors & Illustrators: Beverly Cleary |website=Children's Literature |access-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011416/http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_cleary_beverly.html |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }} Material contributed by HarperCollins Publishers.</ref> She received the [[National Medal of Arts]] in 2003.<ref name=nea2003>{{cite web |url=http://www.nea.gov/news/news03/MedalsAnnounce2003.html |title=President Bush Announces 2003 Medal of Arts Recipients |publisher=[[National Endowment for the Arts]] (nea.gov) |date=November 12, 2003 |access-date=June 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614225045/http://www.nea.gov/news/news03/MedalsAnnounce2003.html |archive-date=June 14, 2013 }} With linked photos and brief biographies.</ref>

Cleary's books have been published in over 25 different languages and have been recognized by many awards and honors. ''[[Dear Mr. Henshaw]]'' won the [[Newbery Medal]] in 1984, and Newbery Honors were conferred on ''[[Ramona and Her Father]]'' in 1978 and ''[[Ramona Quimby, Age 8]]'' in 1982. She won the 1981 [[National Book Award for Young People's Literature|National Book Award in category children's fiction (paperback)]] for ''[[Ramona and Her Mother]]'', a William Allen White Children's Book award for ''[[Socks (novel)|Socks]]'' (1973), the Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal (1980), and the Children's Book Council's Every Child Award (1985).<ref name=scholastic/>

In 2012, ''Ramona the Pest'' was ranked number 24 among all children's novels in a survey published by the ''[[School Library Journal]]'', a monthly with a primarily U.S. audience. ''The Mouse and the Motorcycle'' (89) and ''Ramona and Her Father'' (94) were also among the top 100.<ref name=SLJChapter2012>{{cite web |url= http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2012/07/07/top-100-chapter-book-poll-results |title= Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results |author= Bird, Elizabeth |publisher= A Fuse #8 Production. Blog. [[School Library Journal]] (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com) |date= July 7, 2012 |access-date= October 30, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120713031015/http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2012/07/07/top-100-chapter-book-poll-results |archive-date= July 13, 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Cleary has been mentioned as a major influence by other authors, including [[Laurie Halse Anderson]], [[Judy Blume]], [[Lauren Myracle]], and [[Jon Scieszka]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Staino |first=Rocco |url=http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6725801.html |title=Beverly Cleary Turns 94 |work=School Library Journal |date=April 11, 2010 |access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref>

Publisher HarperCollins recognizes Cleary's birthday, April 12, as National Drop <!-- harpercollins does not hyphenate this --> Everything and Read (DEAR) Day, in promotion of [[sustained silent reading]].<ref name=DEAR>{{cite web |url=http://dropeverythingandread.com |title=Drop Everything And Read |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers (dropeverythingandread.com) |access-date=July 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221111414/http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/ |archive-date=February 21, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Beverly Cleary School (Hollyrood).jpg|thumb|right|[[Beverly Cleary School]] in 2014]]
In Portland, Oregon, the [[Hollywood District (Portland, Oregon)|Hollywood]] branch of the [[Multnomah County Library]], near where she lived as a child, commissioned a map of [[Henry Huggins]]'s [[Klickitat Street]] neighborhood for its lobby wall.<ref name=garden>{{cite web|url=http://www.multcolib.org/parents/cleary/clearymap.html |title=Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden |publisher=Multnomah County Library |access-date=July 17, 2010}}</ref> Statues of her characters Henry Huggins, the Hugginses' dog Ribsy, and Ramona Quimby can be found in The Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children, which is part of Portland's [[Grant Park, Portland, Oregon|Grant Park]] in the Hollywood-Fernwood neighborhood.<ref name=garden/> In June 2008, the neighborhood's [[K-8 school]], formerly named Fernwood Grammar School and once attended by Cleary, was officially renamed [[Beverly Cleary School]].<ref name=stern>{{cite news | last = Stern | first = Hank | title = Hurray for Ramona and Ribsy! Northeast Portland School to be named for Beverly Cleary | newspaper = Willamette Week | url = http://wweek.com/wwire/?p=12122 | date = June 5, 2008 | access-date = September 1, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608154526/http://www.wweek.com/wwire/?p=12122 | archive-date = June 8, 2008 }}</ref>

In 1997, the [[Central Library (Portland, Oregon)|Central Library]] in downtown Portland, Oregon, which serves as the main branch of the Multnomah County Library system, dedicated its children's room as the Beverly Cleary Children's Library.<ref>{{Cite web|year=2021|title=House Concurrent Resolution 30|url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HCR30/Introduced|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326232852/https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HCR30/Introduced|archive-date=March 26, 2021|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY|quote=Whereas  the  Multnomah  County  Library  has  installed  numerous  memorials  in  recognition  of Beverly  Cleary's  connections  to  Portland  and  in  honor  of  her  accomplishments  and  contributions  to literature,  including  naming  the  Beverly  Cleary  Children's  Library  in  the  Central  Library  branch  in her  honor.}}</ref>

In 2004, the University of Washington Information School completed fund-raising for the Beverly Cleary Endowed Chair for Children and Youth Services to honor her work and commitment to [[librarian]]ship.<ref name=goldsmith/> In 2008, the school announced that she had been selected as the next recipient of the university's Alumna<!-- "alumnus" is masculine singular --> Summa Laude Dignatus Award, the highest honor the University of Washington can bestow on a graduate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx |title=Headlines&nbsp;– Information School &#124; University of Washington |publisher=Ischool.washington.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321040807/http://www.ischool.washington.edu/events/headlines.aspx |access-date=July 17, 2013|archive-date=March 21, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.washington.edu/ceremony/awards/asld-award-winners/|title=Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus Award Winners&nbsp;– Office of Ceremonies|website=washington.edu|access-date=March 26, 2016}}</ref>{{r|obit.uw}}

Cleary has a 220-student residential hall named after her, [[Beverly Cleary Hall]], at her alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/unit3.html |title=Living at Cal&nbsp;– Unit 3 |publisher=Housing.berkeley.edu |access-date=July 17, 2010 |archive-date=July 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702233231/http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/unit3.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In April 2016, on the occasion of her 100th birthday, [[Oregon Public Broadcasting]] produced an original half-hour program, ''Discovering Beverly Cleary'', which included an extensive interview with Cleary at age 99 at her home in Carmel, California, and photographs and stories from her life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Season 17, Episode 11: Discovering Beverly Cleary |url=https://www.opb.org/television/video/cove-oregon-art-beat-discovering-beverly-cleary/ |publisher=OPB TV |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010012401/https://www.opb.org/television/video/cove-oregon-art-beat-discovering-beverly-cleary/ |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was broadcast in the spring of 2016 on [[PBS]] stations across the country.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Graeber |first1=Laurel |title=Beverly Cleary, Nearing 100, Is to Be Celebrated at Symphony Space |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/books/beverly-cleary-nearing-100-is-to-be-celebrated-at-symphony-space.html |access-date=March 27, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=March 31, 2016}}</ref>

On April 22, 2021, after her death, the United States Senate passed a resolution "honoring the life and legacy of award-winning children's author Beverly Cleary." It was sponsored by Senator [[Ron Wyden]] of Oregon, Cleary's home state.