Henry Huggins was in the third grade. His hair looked like a scrubbing brush and most of his grown-up full teeth were in. Except for having his tonsils out when he was six and breaking his arm falling out of a cherry tree when he was seven, nothing much happened to Henry.
    I wish something exciting would happen, Henry often thought.

Well, lots of exciting things are going to happen to Henry! His adventures begin when he brings home Ribsy, a lost, hungry dog with big brown eyes and a taste for ice cream and trouble. Henry is about to discover that almost anything can happen when Ribsy is around!

Henry's family live on Klickitat Street, so Henry is also good friends with Beezus Quimby. When Henry has problems he can always count on Beezus, although he's not quite so sure that he wants Beezus's pesky sister Ramona hanging around.

     That Ramona! Thought Henry. Always causing his trouble on his route. He would have to do something about her, but what anybody could do about Ramona, he did not know. All he knew was that if he was going to keep his paper route and his clubhouse he had better do something, and do it soon.

Can Henry save his job and protect the boys' clubhouse from being invaded by girls? You'll have to read Beverly Cleary's books about Henry to find out!