The Henry and Ribsy 3-Book Box Set: Henry Huggins, Henry and Ribsy, Ribsy

Henry Huggins #1, 3

by Beverly Cleary

For the first time ever, the greatest adventures of Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary's Henry Huggins and his dog, Ribsy, are featured in a three-book box set. This set, which dazzles with Jacqueline Rogers's illustrations, includes Henry Huggins, Henry and Ribsy, and Ribsy.

Nothing exciting ever happened to Henry Huggins until the day that a dog named Ribsy walked into his life. From then on, the duo's hilarious scrapes have never ceased to amuse. 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.

Genres: Childrens

656 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2015

About the author

Beverly Atlee Cleary was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Mouse.
The majority of Cleary's books are set in the Grant Park neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon, where she was raised, and she has been credited as one of the first authors of children's literature to figure emotional realism in the narratives of her characters, often children in middle-class families. Her first children's book was Henry Huggins after a question from a kid when Cleary was a librarian. Cleary won the 1981 National Book Award for Ramona and Her Mother and the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. For her lifetime contributions to American literature, she received the National Medal of Arts, recognition as a Library of Congress Living Legend, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the Association for Library Service to Children. The Beverly Cleary School, a public school in Portland, was named after her, and several statues of her most famous characters were erected in Grant Park in 1995. Cleary died on March 25, 2021, at the age of 104.

Reviews

[Cathy Sheetz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series by Beverly Cleary is a bit dated, but still well written about Henry and his dog Ribsy who have everyday adventures in their neighborhood. The story is told from a predominantly white perspective of middle class families.

Classroom library for 2nd through 6th grade (maybe just 5th grade). Could be used with writer's workshop to work on writing about everyday life.

[Molly Cash]

Kids loved all of the adventures of Ribsy, the dog, and his family and friends.

[Paige Earl · Rating 5 out of 5]

firstly, four of the main events in this story were Henry was trying to keep Ribsy out of trouble because if he didn't he would not be able to go salmon fishing with his dad. The first main event was Ribsy was chasing the neighbors cat and ran across the other neighbors lawn. The next main event was about Ribsy and she scared away the garbage man because Ribsy thought that the garbage can was Henry's so she was protecting it. the next event is when Ribsy, bezas, Henry, and Ramona all went on a walk while there mom was at a P.T.A meeting. They just happened to be passing by when all of them saw a park and wanted to play on it so they did but then bezas wanted ice ream so she was screaming on the playground then ribsy started barking so all of the ladies at the P.T.A meeting came out and thought that since ribsy was bezas was crying and ribsy was barking at her they thought that bezas was being chases by ribsy so she was scared. the last main event in this story was when Henry finally got to go salmon fishing and he cought one after all day.
secondly, Henry has changed all through out this book by being nice to bezas and Henry has grown to be more mature by taking out the garbage and making sure Ribsy doesn't get into trouble Ribsy has learned not to bark at anyone and to be a good dog and minding Henry.
lastly, my favorite part of the book was when Ribsy started to chase away the garbage man. My least favorite part about this book was when all of the P.T.A ladies all came out and thought that Ribsy had been chasing Bezas.

[Dyck House · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been going through these books with my kids as audio books, read by Neil Patrick Harris. Funny how the 2nd book was read by someone else, and they complained bitterly about it! Considering it's been at least 40 years since I last went through these books, it's been an absolute delight. The kids originally didn't want to read it, but enjoyed it immensely and I don't get quite so many requests to watch DVDs in the car lately!

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read these as a kid and just finished reading them with my son. They are still good but definitely dated. Lots of "girls are dumb" talk, women don't work, dads are semi-uninvolved - that sort of thing.

[Grazyna Nawrocka · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a book for boys, but I enjoyed reading it.