Jaqueline Rogers has been a professional children's book illustrator for more than twenty years and has worked on nearly one hundred children's books. Huggins agrees, on one condition: Ribsy has to learn to behave himself first. So when Henry asks his dad if he can go along on the big fishing trip, Mr. Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations. Henry Huggins's dog, Ribsy, has been getting into all kinds of trouble on Klickitat Street: chasing the neighbors' cat, tearing up lawns, even stealing a policeman's lunch. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. To go on the fishing trip, Henry must keep Ribsy out of trouble - no chasing cats, no digging up lawns.and no getting anywhere near little Ramona Quimby, the pest of Klickitat Street. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! Henrys dog, Ribsy, has been in all sorts of trouble lately, from running off with the neighbors barbecue roast to stealing a policemans lunch. She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. When a young boy asked her, 'Where are the books about kids like us?' she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. Because the dog’s ribs show through his skin, Henry calls him Ribsy. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. Henry Huggins is an ordinary third-grader who feels that nothing interesting ever happens to him until one day he rescues a stray dog and decides to adopt it. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved.

As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors.

Ribsy the dog