'Ramona the Pest' is a book I first read some 35 years ago, and it was always one of my favourites. Some scenes made me laugh so much that they stayed with me over the years, which is not bad going! For some reason, I never realised this was one of a series of seven books (albeit a series written over many years!) until quite recently, when I quickly snapped up the others - ostensibly for my children (!) but also to reprise the fun for myself. I wasn't disappointed - I loved them all, and so did they. Ramona Quimby lives with her parents and her older sister, Beezus, (so called because Ramona could not pronounce 'Beatrice' at first). Beezus is five years older ...  Read the complete review