Beverly Cleary’s Klickitat Street neighborhood

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fictional neighborhood literary setting

Beverly Cleary’s Klickitat Street neighborhood is the fictional Portland, Oregon setting of her Ramona and Henry Huggins books, modeled on the real Grant Park area where she grew up.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional neighborhood ⓘ literary setting ⓘ
appearsInSeries	Henry Huggins series NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramona series NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorChildhood	Beverly Cleary NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRealPlace	Grant Park, Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
city	Portland, Oregon (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy	Beverly Cleary NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalLocationIn	Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationContext	“Henry Huggins” (1950) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreContext	children’s realistic fiction ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact	inspired Ramona-themed statues in Portland’s Grant Park ⓘ
hasMediaTypeContext	novels ⓘ
hasTourismConnection	Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden in Grant Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramona- and Klickitat Street–themed walking tours in Portland ⓘ
inspiredByRealStreet	Klickitat Street, Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
literaryUniverse	Beverly Cleary’s Portland universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
modeledOn	Grant Park neighborhood, Portland, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacter	Beezus Quimby NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Huggins NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramona Quimby NERFINISHED ⓘ Ribsy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	depicting everyday lives of American children ⓘ
settingOf	“Beezus and Ramona” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Henry Huggins” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Henry and Beezus” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Henry and Ribsy” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Henry and the Clubhouse” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Henry and the Paper Route” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Ramona Forever” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Ramona Quimby, Age 8” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Ramona and Her Father” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Ramona and Her Mother” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Ramona the Brave” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Ramona the Pest” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Ramona’s World” NERFINISHED ⓘ
streetName	Klickitat Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudienceContext	middle-grade readers ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	mid-20th-century American suburbia ⓘ
typicalFeatures	elementary school ⓘ local shops ⓘ parks and yards ⓘ tree-lined residential streets ⓘ

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Grant Park → inspiredSettingFor → Beverly Cleary’s Klickitat Street neighborhood ⓘ