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<b>Writer Denise Hamilton explores Henry and Ramona's true turf</b>

Beverly Cleary's Portland

( Andrea J. Wright / For The Times )

Writer Denise Hamilton explores Henry and Ramona's true turf

Any reader worth her salt knows that Klickitat Street is where Henry Huggins and Ramona and Beezus (née Beatrice) Quimby lived in the classic childrens books by Beverly Cleary.

For me, they werent just characters, they were real children, filled with the desires, dilemmas and annoyances that consumed my own life. I could almost hear them playing a few blocks down the street. And I longed to share their adventures.

"I climb up this pole all the time," exclaims Allie O'Brien as she slides down the Klickitat Street sign near her home in Portland, Oregon.

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