Ribsy

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name = Ribsy
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image_caption = Cover of 1990 reissue
author = Beverly Cleary
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release_date = 1964
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pages = 192 pp
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preceded_by = Henry and the Clubhouse
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"Ribsy" is a children's book by Beverly Cleary. It is the fifth in the Henry Huggins series.

Plot

Like most of the Henry Huggins books, the incidents in this book follow an ongoing plot line. In this book, the Huggins have a new car, and go out shopping; Ribsy, denied a ride, chases the car at up to 25 miles per hour, and is finally allowed in. At the shopping center, Ribsy is left in the car, and lowers the electric window with the button. Ribsy eventually wants to return to the car to await Henry, and gets into the first new-smelling car he finds, but a different family, with several daughters and one toddler son, gets in and takes Ribsy home with them. Ribsy endures a bubble bath and escapes, wandering in search of Henry.

Ribsy finds an old lady named Mrs. Frawley who is telling him to go away when Ribsy raises his paw in greeting and Mrs. Frawley invites him in. With dinner in his stomach, Ribsy sleeps while Mrs. Frawley goes out to shop for her new pet. Ribsy chafes at a coat and colorful leash, then escapes. Eventually, Ribsy finds his way home.

External links

* [http://www.harperchildrens.com/catalog/cleary_books_excerpt.asp?isbn=0380709554 Chapter 1 at harperchildrens.com]