“I sure wish I had a bike,” remarked Henry to his mother and father, as he watched Scooter. The only person he saw was Scooter McCarthy, who was riding up and down the sidewalk on his bicycle. Henry pressed his nose against the windowpane and looked out at Klickitat Street.
Here’s an excerpt that includes the name of a local street you might be familiar with: She used this experience for her first book “Henry Huggins” published in 1950.
In one example of how her writing related to bikes, Cleary longed for a bicycle as a child, but didn’t get her own until 7th grade due to financial limitations. As a huge fan of riding bikes and her books, I thought I’d help get us in the mood with a review of Cleary’s cycling-centric work. On Saturday, there’s a Pedalpalooza ride where you can celebrate Cleary and learn more about her writing and local legacy. Her books, written over a period of 50 years and still in publication, revolve around children like Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby with bicycles playing an integral role in their adventures. When children’s book author Beverly Cleary passed away earlier this year at the age of 104, there were many tributes, but little mention was made of what she accomplished promoting bicycling to children. Rolling on Klickitat, a street that played a central role in Cleary’s books even before it became a popular bikeway.
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