Ribsy
By (Author) Beverly Cleary
Illustrated by Louis Darling
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
20th November 2017
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
FIC
Hardback
192
Width 148mm, Height 218mm, Spine 18mm
285g
This special edition of Ribsy features the original illustrations by Louis Darlingthe first artist to ever render Henry, Ribsy, Ramona, and Beezusas well as a foreword written by the award-winning author and illustrator of El Deafo, Cece Bell.
Good ol Ribsys ever-curious mind has always gotten him into scrapes, but this time he may have gone too far. After a comical turn of events, Ribsy finds himself in the wrong station wagon with the wrong children. Ribsy will do anything to find Henry, but theres plenty of excitement to be had along the wayand scoring a touchdown for a local high school team is only part of the fun!
Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary gives Henrys dog, Ribsy, the center stage in this dogs-eye view of the adventure of a lifetime.
Beverly Cleary is one of America's most beloved authors. As a child, she struggled with reading and writing. But by third grade, after spending much time in her public library in Portland, Oregon, she found her skills had greatly improved. Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up.Instead she became a librarian. 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. She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born!Mrs. 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. Dear Mr. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations.