Ribsy Author:Beverly Cleary Henry Huggins' dog Ribsy was a plain ordinary city dog, the kind of dog that strangers usually called Mutt or Pooch. They always called him this in a friendly way, because Ribsy was a friendly dog.
One of my favorite books from childhood, back in the days when dogs were dogs and boys were boys. Hard to imagine some of the things happening today, given the tighter ties we have with dogs today.