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asks to buy one of the coupons from him, Henry manages to turn his initial humiliation at winning what he had considered a useless prize into a windfall; he agrees to sell Beezus the coupon she wants, and his mother helps to stir up interest amongst her friends and acquaintances for the majority of
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just like Scooter. So he decides to start a bicycle fund, and save up the $ 59.95 himself. But he only earns a penny for every empty Coke bottle turned in for recycling, so it will take a long time to get that bike. Each chapter centers around Henry's ideas to get a bicycle, including selling boxes
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One day Henry and his family attend the grand opening of the town's new supermarket. At the event, Henry's name is drawn in a raffle to receive $ 50 worth of beauty-treatment coupons at the supermarket's beauty parlor. After his friend
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for "books of remarkable merit", saying, "There's the kind of adventure with which any small boy could identify himself; there's humor and a basic understanding of children." It also called the book "A minor classic".
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and published in 1952. Henry comes up with many ways to earn money for the new red bicycle he wants, but they all seem to end up with him in trouble. Finally his friend Beezus gives him an idea that actually works.
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Henry Huggins really wants a bicycle, but his family can't afford one this year. One of the older boys in the neighborhood, Scooter McCarthy, has a new red bike, and Henry imagines himself riding one up and down
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the rest. After Henry raises nearly $ 50 selling the coupons, Mr. Huggins decides to make up the difference, and Henry triumphantly rides home from the bicycle shop on his shiny new bike.
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of bubble gum he found abandoned in an alley and buying a bike from an auction.
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Beverly Cleary
Louis Darling
Henry Huggins
Morrow
Henry Huggins
Henry and Ribsy
Henry Huggins series
Beverly Cleary
Klickitat Street
Beezus Quimby
May Hill Arbuthnot
Kirkus Reviews
starred review
Louis Darling
Tracy Dockray
Jacqueline Rogers
Children's literature portal
"Henry and Beezus"
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Beverly Cleary
Henry Huggins
Henry Huggins
Henry and Beezus
Henry and Ribsy
Henry and the Paper Route
Henry and the Clubhouse

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