40 Years Ago, One Underrated Chapter Book Helped Kids Talk About Trauma

40 Years Ago, One Underrated Chapter Book Helped Kids Talk About Trauma

San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images/Hearst Newspapers/Getty ImagesIt’s an undeniable fact that Beverly Cleary was a huge part of the way several generations of kids learned to read. She has been since Henry Huggins arrived in 1950, and remains a top pick for voracious young readers beyond her passing in 2021 at the age of 104. Library shelves forever enshrine her Ramona and The Mouse and The Motorcycle books, rightfully re…