Henry Huggins is in the third grade. He lives with his Mom and Dad in a square white house on Klickitat Street. Except for having his tonsils out when he was six, and breaking his arm when he was seven, nothing exciting ever happens to Henry. But that was before he met Ribsy, a hungry black and tan mongrel with a nasty case of fleas. When Henry offers Ribsy a bite of his ice cream cone, Ribsy wags his tail right into Henry's heart. New he has a new best friend and more excitement than he could have imagined.