Sunday, July 01, 2012

HENRY AND THE PAPER ROUTE





Henry and the Paper Route, Beverly Cleary, Harper Collins, 1957, 192 pp


THE SUNDAY FAMILY READ


Good old Henry Huggins wants a paper route but isn't quite old enough. Instead he ends up with a new kitten, names her Nosy, and thereby upsets good old Ribsy.

After another adventure with paper, known as a paper drive, in which Henry's clever advertising method succeeds way beyond his wildest dreams, bad girl Ramona's bad ideas help Henry finally get his route.

I will never forget the summer my sons had a paper route. I worked long hours that summer, including weekends. So the boys often spent weekends in the country with their cousins. Meaning I had to get up at dawn and do their route, often accompanied by thunderstorms. Wish I'd known about Henry back then. Me and the boys would have had some good laughs reading it.


(Henry and the Paper Route is available in paperback on the 8-12 shelves at Once Upon A Time Bookstore.)










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