Henry and the Paper Route

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HENRY AND THE PAPER ROUTE
by Beverly Cleary
Illustrated by Louis Darling
Ten-year-old Henry Huggins wants a paper route, but he has a
problem: All applicants must be at least eleven. That doesn't
stop Henry. He sets out to show the boss he can do the job, no
matter how many obstacles stand in his way.
Unfortunately for Henry, difficulties start cropping up every-
where. His plan to give away a free kitten with each new Jour-
nal subscription backfires. And even when he gets a chance to
work for an older boy with a paper route, he winds up angering
the boy by mounting an all-too-successful ad campaign for the
school paper drive. But the final blow comes from the
neighborhood's new genius, who moves in and takes over the
route Henry was dreaming about. Just when it seems nothing
will ever work, the solution to Henry's problems arrives
— in the unexpected form of that little pest Ramona Quimby!
"Another good, humorous story for the many children who think of Henry as... Tovább

Fülszöveg

HENRY AND THE PAPER ROUTE
by Beverly Cleary
Illustrated by Louis Darling
Ten-year-old Henry Huggins wants a paper route, but he has a
problem: All applicants must be at least eleven. That doesn't
stop Henry. He sets out to show the boss he can do the job, no
matter how many obstacles stand in his way.
Unfortunately for Henry, difficulties start cropping up every-
where. His plan to give away a free kitten with each new Jour-
nal subscription backfires. And even when he gets a chance to
work for an older boy with a paper route, he winds up angering
the boy by mounting an all-too-successful ad campaign for the
school paper drive. But the final blow comes from the
neighborhood's new genius, who moves in and takes over the
route Henry was dreaming about. Just when it seems nothing
will ever work, the solution to Henry's problems arrives
— in the unexpected form of that little pest Ramona Quimby!
"Another good, humorous story for the many children who think of Henry as
an old friend." — Horn Book
"Henry goes on being exasperatingly and familiarly funny with a resemblance
to everyone's younger brother. Easy reading and a chuckle a page."
— Kirkus Reviews
"When, finally, Ramona takes over, she is as wild and funny as ever."
— The New York Times
BEVERLY CLEARY, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, is a winner of the Laura
Ingalls Wilder Award for "books which have made, over a period of years, a
substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children" Among Mrs.
Cleary's many books are Henry Huggins, Beezus and Ramona, Henry and
Beezus, Ramona and Her Father, Henry andthe Clubhouse, and Ellen Tebbits,
all available in Yearling editions. Mrs. Cleary currently lives in California with
her husband. Vissza