Ribsy cover art

Ribsy

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Ribsy

By: Beverly Cleary
Narrated by: Neil Patrick Harris
Try Premium Plus free

Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $11.99

Buy Now for $11.99

About this listen

Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary gives Henry's dog, Ribsy, center stage in this dog's eye view of the adventure of a lifetime. This classic story about a dog and his boy is as fresh and funny as ever, and the audiobook is appealingly read by Neil Patrick Harris.

Good ol' Ribsy's ever-curious mind has always gotten him into trouble, 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 there's plenty of excitement to be had along the way - and scoring a touchdown for a local high school team is only part of the fun!

For kids looking for a fast, funny dog story, Ribsy is a winner. This timeless favorite works well for independent book lovers.

©1964, 1992 Beverly Cleary (P)2001 HarperCollins Publisher Animals Animals & Nature Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Humourous Fiction Literature & Fiction Friendship Funny
All stars
Most relevant  
A fun book for a long drive! The boys and girls both laughed out loud at the realistic characters that Ribsy meets on his adventure. Neil Patrick Harris, job well done!

Enjoyed by my 5, 7, 9 and 12 year old

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
great dog story. exciting for the entire family. good to listen to in the car

great dog story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
My seven and nine year olds really enjoyed this story - Beverly Cleary is a master. The narration is largely wonderful. But the biggest problem I had with this book — one that my daughter felt as well — is that Harris consistently voices female characters as annoying, ridiculous, or killjoys. Boys and men, in contrast, sound much more “normal” and authoritative. Some of this is a testament to the time when Cleary wrote the novel. But Harris could have chosen to voice female characters differently (as he does in Socks, where the mother is portrayed much more sympathetically) — and if he had done so, the audio version would be much stronger.

Really good, except for female voices

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
We enjoyed it. Family friendly. Well read by Narrator. I love the descriptive language used.

We enjoyed it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Not as good as the Ramona books, but engaging enough and the writing is good. I agree with a previous reviewer that the way the female voices are done by the male narrator is annoying. Some of the chapters go into too much detail in their long winded descriptions of action. The chapter about the escaped squirrel is a bit sexist in a dated way (girls squeal, boys are brave). My 6 yo daughter gives this audiobook 2 out of 5 stars and says it was a bit too long.

Long winded, annoying girls voices, good writing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.