![]() Ribsy and a can of green paint help Henry escape being the lead in the Christmas play. After Ribsy, Henry seems to have all the excitement he can handle. Before Ribsy, Henry had wished for a little excitement. ![]() Henry thinks he’s getting arrested, but the officers are there to take him home. He breaks out of the bag and starts running around the bus just as a police car stops the bus. Henry can’t find a box that’s big enough so he ties Ribsy up in a large grocery sack. No animals are allowed on buses unless they are tied up in a box with air holes. He calls his mother and gets permission to keep the dog if he can get him home on the bus. Seeing no collar or tags, Henry decides that the dog is homeless. ![]() One day, after swimming lessons, a skinny dog follows Henry Huggins into the drug store and begs for his ice cream cone. ![]() Children today can read these books as though no time has passed. ![]() Even though the series was written over 60 years ago, Beverly Cleary made these books about a young boy and his rescued dog into timeless classics by telling stories about dog shows, paper routes, earning money, getting lost, solving misunderstandings, and hero worship. Eight years old when the series started, Henry and his best friend, Ribsy, lived on Klickatat Street in Portland, Oregon. Henry Huggins won the hearts of boys and girls alike when his stories debuted in the 1950s. ![]()
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