Comments on: >Bring back Louis Darling!

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:45:35 +0000

>I am sorry if this question is a little off the main topic of the ALA poster, but could someone please tell me what illustrator did the covers for the Ramona stories from the Dell Yearling books?

The image of her face on "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" has always stayed with me.

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:52:09 +0000

>I don't mind his illustrations of Ramona, but this does not work as an ALA poster. Thank you for pointing out that the glaringly all white-cast does not match the slogan "Libraries are for Everyone". I thought I was the only one who noticed…

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:14:31 +0000

>What I meant was that by mentioning Beezus last, I thought the story was going to focus on her (meaning Selena Gomez), and give the audience her POV throughout the movie, when the real star of the books was always Ramona. Even in the book "Beezus and Ramona" (which the movie is not based on, though I mistakenly thought it was at first) which is told from Beezus' POV, Ramona is the center of the story from the very first sentence.

I should have explained better, so my apologies.

By: Roger Sutton

Roger Sutton — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:17:55 +0000

>Anamaria, yes, it seems to me like each generation of illustrations for the Ramona books has gotten less distinctive, but maybe it's more about what you grew up with.

Iconoclast, I'm reminded of the billing for George Clooney's Ocean's Eleven, where the last credit was "and introducing Julia Roberts."

By: iconoclast

iconoclast — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:07:17 +0000

>I think they just changed the title because, um, the movie isn't based on the book Beezus and Ramona. Anyway, genuinely puzzled: how does changing the order of the names highlight the actress playing Beezus?

By: Anamaria (bookstogether)

Anamaria (bookstogether) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:17:09 +0000

>I miss Alan Tiegreen, too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:38:08 +0000

>also, i know this is a ramona-centric poster, but can we get a mouse somewhere? on a motorcycle?

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:33:32 +0000

>Speaking of Ramona, what are the feelings regarding the new "Ramona and Beezus" movie that is being released this week?

I think it is obvious that they changed the order of the names in the title (the book of course being titled "Beezus and Ramona") to highlight the appearance of Selena Gomez.

I am also not sure about the casting: Beezus is described as being kind of gawky and awkward, and I think that Selena Gomez is too pretty (in an obvious way) to really portray Beezus as Beverly Cleary wrote her.