Mrs. Swink is a fictional character in the Ramona series of novel by Beverly Cleary

Beverly Cleary

Beverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...

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Fictional character biography

Mrs. Swink is a woman who lives on Ramona's street. Ramona notes that Mrs. Swink is one of those elderly ladies who always wears pants suits.

Ramona meets Mrs. Swink when Beezus has to interview her for a school report. Beezus does not get a very amazing story, but both she and Ramona come out of it with a new friend.

Even though Mrs. Swink calls Ramona "Juanita," she is fascinated to learn that Mrs. Swink used to go around on tin can stilts and call other children "pieface" when she was young. When Ramona and Howie Kemp

Howie Kemp

Howie Kemp is a fictional character in the Ramona series of novels by Beverly Cleary.-Fictional character personality:Howard "Howie" Kemp is the curly-haired boy who lives next door to Ramona. They are friends but sometimes they don't like each other. Howie is the polar opposite of Ramona. ...

made their own tin can stilts, Ramona startled Howie by calling Mrs. Swink "pieface."

Mrs. Swink called her "pieface" right back, understanding Ramona's joke as well as securing her reputation as a "hip" old lady.