Bernice Lorraine Sherwin-Hendrix, better known as Beany, might as well be a descendant of Beverly Cleary’s Ramona. With Susan Wojciechowski’s sure-handed touch for capturing the real concerns of a regular kid, these enormously entertaining Beany books will have students in grades 1-4 laughing and rooting for this heroine as she tackles her anxieties with true grit and courage.