Henry Huggins

Henry Huggins is a character appearing in a series of juvenile fiction novels by Beverly Cleary. Henry is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon. The novels take place in the 1950s. The books describe several different adventures Henry experiences in his neighborhood as well as Henry's interactions with other neighborhood children.

Related Topics:
Fiction - Novel - Beverly Cleary - Klickitat Street - Portland, Oregon

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Cleary, a librarian, wrote the first Henry Huggins book in response to the boys in her library searching for books "about boys like us." After the series had progressed for a time, Cleary launched a new series about one of the supporting characters, Ramona Quimby. The Ramona series ultimately surpassed the Henry Huggins series in popularity, even becoming a PBS television program. Henry appeared only rarely in the Ramona series as a supporting character.

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Librarian - Ramona Quimby - PBS - Television program

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