Henry watches neighbor Scooter showing off on his bicycle and decides he must save up to buy one of his own.

Ribsy smells the neighbors' barbecue and runs off down Klickitat Street with a piece of raw meat in his jaws.

Scooter races up on his bicycle, grabs the stolen meat from Ribsy, and triumphantly returns it to the neighbor.

Henry announces to Scooter and Robert that he will get a bike better than Scooter's and starts saving money immediately.

While running an errand, Henry discovers Ribsy sniffing out 49 abandoned boxes of bubble gum hidden in the bushes.

Henry sells bubble gum to his classmates at school and earns money that he adds to his bicycle fund.

Scooter tells Henry he is going to Scouts camp and offers him a dollar to substitute on his newspaper route.

Ribsy fetches 17 newspapers from neighbors' doorsteps and proudly piles them all at Henry's front door.

Ramona accidentally fires her water pistol at Ribsy, causing him to instantly drop the newspaper he is carrying.

Beezus shares a newspaper clipping about an upcoming police station bike auction with Henry, knowing it could help him.

Beezus successfully bids on a bicycle for Henry at the crowded auction, but it turns out to be a girl's bike.

Henry returns to Colossal Market with his parents and Beezus for the grand opening night celebration.

Henry wins a fifty-dollar prize of beauty treatment coupons at the store opening and the neighborhood boys mock him.

Henry sells all fifty dollars' worth of beauty coupons to women in the neighborhood, earning the cash he needs.

Henry's father offers the last ten dollars needed, and Henry buys the red bicycle and rides it home past Scooter's house.

Henry Huggins desperately wants a bicycle like his older neighbor Scooter's, so he starts a bike fund and tries creative ways to earn money. He discovers abandoned boxes of bubble gum and sells them at school, then takes over Scooter's newspaper route to add to his savings. After a chaotic auction where his friend Beezus accidentally buys him a girl's bike, Henry finds himself back at square one with a useless bicycle. He attends a grand store opening and wins fifty dollars in beauty treatment coupons, which at first seem like a humiliating prize. By selling the coupons to women in the neighborhood and accepting a small contribution from his father, Henry finally has enough money for the brand-new red bicycle he has dreamed about all along.

Henry and Robert agree that Scooter is showing off and retreat to Henry's backyard so they do not have to watch.

Beezus shows off her new baton and accidentally hits herself in the head, prompting Henry and Robert to laugh at her.

Henry agrees to let Beezus come along on his errand in exchange for borrowing her red wagon.

Henry, Beezus, and Ramona haul all 49 boxes of bubble gum home together in Beezus's wagon.

Henry's father contacts the police to confirm the found bubble gum is not stolen property before Henry can sell it.

Henry gives away free gum samples to reignite interest in sales, but classmates accept them without paying money they owe.

Henry's teacher announces that gum chewing has become a serious school problem and the students all agree to stop.

Henry trains Ribsy to fetch the newspaper so Ribsy can bring it to the door each morning during the paper route.

Henry rushes to place 16 of the stolen newspapers back on Scooter's porch before the theft is discovered.

Ramona pretends to be a wind-up toy that needs winding before she can walk, slowing down the trip to the auction.

Henry comes out of the store to find a parking ticket attached to Ribsy's collar where he was tied to a meter.

Ramona goes missing inside the packed auction and the auctioneer holds her up before the crowd to reunite her with Beezus.

Henry begins repairing his girl's bike at home, removing broken spokes and planning how to convert it into a boy's bike.

Scooter offers to attach Henry's broken bike to his own to create a tandem bicycle for the Rose Festival Parade.

Henry and Beezus walk through the different booths at Colossal Market's opening night, collecting free product samples.

Behind Henry's bike fund mission is a series of smaller mishaps and neighborhood moments that shape the journey. Beezus Quimby proves herself a loyal helper, from lending her wagon for Henry's gum haul to tracking down Ramona when she disappears at the auction. Ribsy the dog complicates everything, earning a parking ticket while tied to a meter and forcing Henry to scramble before his newspaper-fetching habit is discovered by Scooter. The gum business rises and falls as school rules and declining interest put an end to Henry's sales. Henry takes home a rundown girl's bike from the auction and immediately faces the daunting challenge of repairing it himself. Each stumble along the way reveals Henry's determination to find another path forward no matter the setback.

The neighborhood mishaps and friendships behind Henry's adventure.

Mr. Grumbie gives the dirty stolen roast to Ribsy anyway, and Henry must pay for a fresh replacement out of his own allowance.

Henry shares some bubble gum with Scooter in exchange for a ride around the block on Scooter's bicycle.

Henry's gum sales collapse as children tire of the product and teachers forbid gum chewing anywhere in school.

Henry visits Beezus and sees Ramona's hair ruined by gum, then decides to dump his remaining stock back where he found it.

Scooter confronts Henry about the pile of neighbors' newspapers found on his porch, and Henry struggles to feign innocence.

Henry and Beezus try multiple strategies to untrain Ribsy from fetching papers, including red pepper, but none of them work.

Henry successfully completes Scooter's entire newspaper delivery route after Ribsy is finally untrained, earning a dollar for his bike fund.

Ramona insists on stopping at a store on the way to the auction and refuses to eat certain animal crackers.

A police officer at the auction tells Henry that the ticket on Ribsy's collar is only a warning and carries no fine.

Henry is overwhelmed by the older and bigger kids crowding the auction floor and cannot get the auctioneer's attention to bid.

Henry attempts to ride his newly purchased girl's bike and crashes in front of all the neighborhood children watching.

Henry angrily rejects Scooter's offer to help fix the girl's bike, insisting he will handle everything on his own.

A store owner at Colossal Market jokes that Henry can have a free can of dog food if he eats some himself.

Henry impulsively eats a spoonful of canned dog food in front of the crowd to shift attention away from his embarrassing coupon prize.

Beezus and Henry's mother suggest selling the beauty coupons to neighborhood women, transforming Henry's embarrassing prize into real income.

Henry's journey is defined by a chain of turning points where plans collapse and Henry must decide what to do next. A stolen roast costs him allowance money, a gum business crumbles under school rules, and a mischievous dog nearly destroys his one chance at earning a dollar on a paper route. At the auction, Henry is overwhelmed by the older crowd and unable to bid for himself, setting up the humiliating discovery that the bike Beezus bought him is a girl's model. Henry's stubbornness leads him to reject Scooter's help and attempt to fix the bike alone, only to crash in front of all his neighbors. The unexpected prize of beauty coupons at first seems like yet another disaster, but a timely suggestion from Beezus and his mother reveals the solution Henry needed all along.