
Henry Huggins: Henry is about 11 years old.Henry Huggins appears only rarely in the Ramona series, as a supporting character. The Ramona series ultimately surpassed the Henry Huggins series in popularity. The books describe adventures that Henry experiences in his neighborhood and Henry's interactions with other neighborhood children.Ĭleary, a librarian, wrote the first Henry Huggins book in 1950, in response to the boys in her library searching for books "about boys like us." Cleary later launched a new series about one of the supporting characters, Ramona Quimby.

The novels take place in the 1950s, which is when Beverly Cleary wrote most of the books.

Henry Huggins is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon.
