Henry Huggins is a character appearing in a series of

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novels by

Beverly Cleary Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916March 25, 2021) 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 b ...

, illustrated by

Louis Darling Louis Darling, Jr. (April 26, 1916 – January 21, 1970) was an American illustrator, writer, and environmentalist, best known for illustrating the Henry Huggins series and other children's books written by Beverly Cleary. He and his wife Lois p ...

, and first appearing in ''

Henry Huggins Henry Huggins is a character appearing in a series of children's literature novels by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling, and first appearing in '' Henry Huggins''. He is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon. I ...

''. He is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in

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. In the novels, he is in elementary school. The novels take place in the 1950s, which is when Cleary wrote most of the books. The books describe adventures that he experiences in his neighborhood and his interactions with other neighborhood children. He has a dog named Ribsy and a part-time job doing a paper route in North Portland. Cleary, a librarian, wrote the first Henry Huggins book in 1950, in response to the boys in her library searching for books "about boys like us." Cleary later launched a new series about one of the supporting characters,

Ramona Quimby Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a fictional character in an Ramona (novel series), eponymous series of novels by Beverly Cleary. She starts out in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering younger sister of Henry's new best friend Beatrice "Beezus" Qu ...

. The Ramona series ultimately surpassed the Henry Huggins series in popularity. Henry appeared only rarely in the Ramona series, as a supporting character. He was portrayed by

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in the movie ''

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''.

Characters in Henry Huggins series

*Henry Huggins: Henry is a red-headed 11 year old, but starts out as an 8 year old. *

Ribsy ''Ribsy'' is a children's book by Beverly Cleary Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916March 25, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of ...

: Ribsy is Henry's dog; the dog was named "Ribsy" because when Henry found him, he was so thin, his ribs were showing. *Nosy: Nosy is Henry's cat. The cat was named "Nosy" because he was pecking his wet nose at Henry's dad when there were four kittens. * Beezus Quimby: Beezus, whose real name is Beatrice, is one of the children in Henry's neighborhood. In Henry's opinion, she's "pretty sensible for a girl". Beezus acquired her nickname because her younger sister, Ramona, was unable to say "Beatrice" when she was learning to talk. Everyone in the neighborhood, including Beezus and her family, adopted Ramona's pronunciation. *

: Ramona is Beezus's younger sister. She wants to do everything her sister and Henry do, but because she is so young, the older children perceive her as a pest. In her preschool days, her favorite TV show was the ''Sheriff Bud'' show, a fictionalization of ''

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''. *Robert: Henry's best friend. Surname is unknown. *Scooter McCarthy: An older boy with a paper route; Henry is often irritated by Scooter's upperclassman attitudes. *Byron "Murph" Murphy: An older boy who is a genius, and friends with Henry. Murph moves to Henry's neighborhood in ''Henry and the Paper Route''. *Mary Jane: A girl who lives down the street who is friends with Beezus. Surname is unknown. Henry does not really like her because she is too prissy. *The Grumbies: The Hugginses' neighbors. Henry gets along with Mr. Grumbie but dislikes Mrs. Grumbie because she does not like Ribsy, which is "the same thing as not liking Henry".

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* Beverly Cleary characters Characters in American novels of the 20th century Child characters in literature Fiction set in the 1950s

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Characters in Henry Huggins series

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