Henry Hugginsby Beverly Cleary | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - Chapter Books" |
| Pages: | 155 |
| Year of Publication: | 1950 |
| Date Read: | 04/26/2001 |
| Notes: | Nothing ever happens to Henry Huggins. Nothing, that is, until a stray dog named Ribsy comes into his life. Pretty soon, Henry and Ribsy are wreaking havoc on the city bus, getting a ride in a police car with sirens wailing, and winning a prize at the dog show. Thanks to their joint shenanigans, Henry finds himself covered in green paint one day, and later accidentally colors Ribsy's fur pale pink. Life is no longer dull. COMMENTS — Beverly Cleary was a librarian who could not get boys to read. They complained that there wasn't anything they could relate to. They asked why there weren't books about kids like them, just average boys? So Beverly Cleary wrote Henry Huggins — a story of an average boy who has all sorts of adventures with highly amusing results. |
| My Rating: | 7 |