Henry and Ribsy

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Henry and Ribsy is a children's book by Beverly Cleary. It is the third in the Henry Huggins series, following Henry Huggins and Henry and Beezus.

Like most of the Henry Huggins books, the incidents in this book follow an ongoing plot line. In this case, Henry wants to go on a trout-fishing trip with his father. However, Ribsy has been causing all manner of trouble for the family. For example, Ribsy tries to prevent the garbageman from taking away the trash because Ribsy thinks it belongs to Henry. Henry's father says that Henry can only come on the trip if he can keep Ribsy out of trouble for a month. Henry is able to do this, and Ribsy actually helps him make a big catch at the end of the day.