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Whether taking a thrilling ride in a police car or going overboard on a fishing trip, Henry and Ribsy are inseparable.

From then on out, its been one silly escapade after another. From the Back Cover A boy and his dog Nothing exciting ever happened to Henry Huggins-until the day that a dog named Ribsy walked into his life.

These are truly timeless classics that stand the test of time and still leave readers 7-13 smiling. Dont miss the beloved classic Henry Huggins books from Beverly Cleary. Whether Henry is scheming to raise money for his paper route or Ribsy accidentally overturns a boat during a fishing trip, these two will charm even the most reluctant readers. From then on, the duos hilarious scrapes have never ceased to amuse. Nothing exciting ever happened to Henry Huggins until the day that a dog named Ribsy walked into his life. This set, which dazzles with Jacqueline Rogerss illustrations, includes Henry Huggins, Henry and Ribsy, and Ribsy. Our favorite was Henry and the Clubhouse.Book Synopsis For the first time ever, the greatest adventures of Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Clearys Henry Huggins and his dog, Ribsy, are featured in a three-book box set. Read Ramona first, and if you want to stay in that world, try Huggins. Cleary is nice, but she’s at her best with Ramona. I honestly don’t know if I have much more to say. Just a warning: you aren’t going to fall in love with Ramona laterally. His being a butthead is nothing compared to some more modern characters and situations my kids might read about.)Īlso, Ramona is not entirely consistent with her character in her namesake series.

(Of course, this is all relative to the time period and place we are reading about. He wouldn’t act out, but he’d sure think some mean things. Yes, he is a little boy and little boys are often buttheads, but my kids were surprised by Henry’s internal dialogues and how annoyed he is by anyone who gets in his way. While we did enjoy the series, we found it did not quite live up to the Ramona series.Ī couple complaints: too many adverbs (those pesky, oft-unnecessary -ly words), and sometimes Huggins is a butthead.

We were once again lulled and charmed by the simple writing, the realistic characters, and the small things of suburban life. We were once again drawn into life on Klickitat Street in 1950s Oregon. The first scene introduces Ribsy and he appears in all the books, more or less prominent. The Henry Huggins series contains the Ribsy series and meshes with the Ramona series.įor our second–and the second largest–character series by Cleary, we moved from Ramona to Henry and his beloved dog, Ribsy. They are, in chronological order, Henry Huggins (1950), Henry and Beezus (1952), Henry and Ribsy (1954), Henry and the Paper Route (1957), Henry and the Clubhouse (1962), and Ribsy. The Henry Huggins series of books by Beverly Cleary.