Ramona Books in Order

Third grade brings a new school, a bus ride on her own, and big expectations as her mother works and her father goes back to college. Between an infamous raw‑egg incident and a classroom illness, Ramona wonders if everyone secretly thinks she’s a nuisance.

Ramona likes being her mother’s girl, but lately it seems as if Mrs. Quimby and Beezus share all the grown‑up secrets. Stuck with a tantrum‑prone preschooler after school and worried about family arguments, Ramona has to figure out where she really fits.

When Mr. Quimby loses his job, money gets tight and tempers fray. Second‑grader Ramona is sure she can help—by cutting back on luxuries, planning schemes to earn cash, and trying to make her father quit smoking, whether he wants to or not.

All summer Ramona has been practicing bravery, but first grade makes it hard. A new bedroom, a working mother, a scary dog, and a tense teacher force her to decide what being “brave” actually means when you’re still afraid.

Ramona Quimby finally starts kindergarten and is determined to be good, but her curiosity keeps landing her in trouble—from pulling Susan’s curls to chasing Davy and resisting a substitute teacher. A funny, honest look at what early school really feels like.