Part I: Yamhill
Early Memories
Those Pioneer Ancestors
The Little Schoolmarm
The Farm
Mother’s Rules
Children
Grandpa and Grandma
The Library
Photographic Insert I
Part II: Portland
The Big City
School
Miss Marius
Gregory Heights
My Character and Music
Love and the Spelling Bee
Awful Boys and a Decision
The House and the Car
The Platoon System
Uncle Joe
Eighth Grade
Photographic Insert II
A Summer of Change
High School Freshmen
The Pukwudjies
Depression Summer
Mothers and Daughters
“Wise Fools”
First Dates
The Girls’ League Show
Employment
Puddin’
The Happiest Days
Photographic Insert III
A Letter
About the Author
Other Books by Beverly Cleary
Copyright
About the Publisher