A few of the many iterations of Henry Huggins cover art over the years. Images of Henry and Ribsy outside the ice cream parlor from two printings of Henry Huggins — with Tracy Dockray’s illustration on the left and Jacqueline Rogers’ version on the right. (HarperCollins)“I thought he was the coolest little kid,” said writer Joe Bonomo who started reading Henry Huggins books growing up in Wheaton, Md., in the 1970s. '”Dirda has written about how Henry Huggins was the first book that forced him to confront a moral dilemma. She wrote five more Henry Huggins books, with the final one in the series revolving around his canine companion Ribsy.