Henry Huggins is a character appearing in a series of children's literature

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 novels by Beverly Cleary

Beverly Cleary

Beverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her...

, illustrated by Louis Darling

Louis Darling

Louis Darling, Jr. was an American illustrator, author, and environmentalist. He is best known for his illustrations for the original editions of Silent Spring and the Henry Huggins series.-Biography:...

, and first appearing in Henry Huggins. Henry is a young boy living on Klickitat Street

Klickitat Street

Klickitat Street is a city street located in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. The main stem of the street is long, and runs east-west parallel to—and one block south of—northeast Fremont Street, from its westernmost intersections with North Vancouver Avenue and North Williams Avenue to...

 in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. The novels take place in the 1950s, which is when Cleary wrote most of the books. The books describe adventures that Henry experiences in his neighborhood and Henry's interactions with other neighborhood children.

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 Quimby

Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a character from a series of novels by Beverly Cleary. She starts out in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering little sister of Henry's friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family. She was given a larger role in the novel Beezus and Ramona...

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

Hutch Dano

Hutchings Royal "Hutch" Dano is an American actor, known for his role as Zeke Falcone in Zeke & Luther. He also played Henry, in Ramona and Beezus, and Bailey Pickett's ex-boyfriend, Moose, in The Suite Life on Deck. He was on the Blue Team, in Disney's Friends for Change Games.Hutch was born in...

 in the movie Ramona and Beezus

Ramona and Beezus

Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 Fox-Walden film adaptation of the Ramona series of novels by Beverly Cleary. The film's title derives from Beezus and Ramona, the first of Cleary's Ramona books, though the plot is mostly based on the sequels, particularly Ramona Forever and Ramona's World.-Plot:The film...

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Characters in Henry Huggins series

• Henry Huggins
• Ribsy
  Ribsy
  Ribsy is a children's book by Beverly Cleary. It is the sixth and final book in the Henry Huggins series. Henry plays a minor role in the story, however, as the narrative focuses primarily on his dog, Ribsy.-Plot:...
  
  : Ribsy is Henry's dog; the dog was named "Ribsy" because when Henry found him, he was so thin, his ribs were showing.
• Beezus Quimby: Beezus, whose real name is Beatrice, is one of the children in Henry's neighborhood. Beezus acquired her nickname because her younger sister, Ramona, was unable to say "Beatrice," and everyone in the neighborhood began using her pronunciation.
• Ramona Quimby
  Ramona Quimby
  Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a character from a series of novels by Beverly Cleary. She starts out in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering little sister of Henry's friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family. She was given a larger role in the novel Beezus and Ramona...
  
  : 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 Howdy Doody
  Howdy Doody
  Howdy Doody is an American children's television program that was created and produced by E. Roger Muir and telecast on NBC in the United States from 1947 until 1960. It was a pioneer in children's television programming and set the pattern for many similar shows...
  
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• Henry's parents
• Robert: Henry's best friend
• 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.
• Mary Jane: A girl who lives down the street who is friends with Beezus. Henry doesn't really like her.
• The Grumbies: The Huggins' neighbors. Henry gets along with Mr. Grumbie but dislikes Mrs. Grumbie because she doesn't like Ribsy, which is "the same thing as not liking Henry."
• Mrs. Peabody: One of Henry's paper route customers, who has a dog named Ranger, and who for a time calls Henry "Harry Higgins".

Books in the series

• Henry Huggins, published in 1950
• Henry and Beezus
  Henry and Beezus
  Henry and Beezus is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Louis Darling, the second Henry Huggins novel preceded by Henry Huggins and followed by Henry and Ribsy.-Plot Overview:...
  
  , published in 1952
• Henry and Ribsy
  Henry and Ribsy
  Henry and Ribsy is a children's book by Beverly Cleary. It is the third in the Henry Huggins series, following Henry Huggins and Beezus Quimby.-Plot:...
  
  , published in 1954
• Henry and the Paper Route
  Henry and the Paper Route
  Henry and the Paper Route was a book that was written by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Louis Darling. It was written in 1957 and focused on the main character Henry Huggins' attempts to get a paper route, despite his young age.-Plot:...
  
  , published in 1957
• Henry and the Clubhouse, published in 1962
• Ribsy
  Ribsy
  Ribsy is a children's book by Beverly Cleary. It is the sixth and final book in the Henry Huggins series. Henry plays a minor role in the story, however, as the narrative focuses primarily on his dog, Ribsy.-Plot:...
  
  , published in 1964