Ribsy - Henry Huggins, Bk 6 Author:Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator) Henry Huggin's dog, Ribsy, is hopelessly lost in a huge shopping mall parking lot. It's raining hard, the pavement is slick, horns are honking, and drivers are shouting. When Ribsy thinks he has found the Huggins's new station wagon at last, he jumps in the open tailgate window and falls asleep, exhausted. — When he wakes up to find h... more »imself in the wrong car, lots of little girls pet him and make plans to give him a bath. All Ribsy wants to do is go home to Henry. Instead, he's about to begin the liveliest adventure of his life.« less
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.