Henry and the Paper Route (Henry
Huggins) by Beverly Cleary
Timelessly Entertaining!
Henry Huggins cant wait until he turns eleven years old, so he can have a
paper route like his friend Scooter McCarthy. Henry wants to prove to the
route manager that he is responsible enough to handle the job right now.
First he thinks of giving away free kittens with newspaper subscriptions,
and then his advertising scheme helps his class win the newspaper drive.
But he still doesnt have a paper route. Will Ramona Quimby, making a real
pest of herself, help Henry get the job he wants so much?
Personal Review: Henry and the Paper Route (Henry Huggins)
by Beverly Cleary
As with the previous books, Henry and the Paper Route is written in
chapter book style where each chapter is almost a short story in-and-of-

itself and which all wind their way toward the ultimate goal (each book
Henry has that ONE thing he's got to get or do) which makes for interesting
reading, wondering how each part will ultimately work out with the end
goal. It's clear from the title that this volume in the Henry Huggins series is
all about Henry and his desire to get a paper route all his own and as the
chapters go on, we see how he goes about proving he's ready to do that!
With this book we also get to read more about Beezus and Ramona,
Scooter, Ribsy and more!
Henry and the Paper Route is six chapters of boyishly good adventure
geared toward Henry obtaining the paper route of his dreams! We start
out with Henry in hot water over bringing home four kittens...this chapter is
all about him making an interesting first impression with Mr. Capper (the
newspaper guy). The second chapter is about his tireless search to find
good homes for those kittens. Chapter three Henry engineers a clever
plan to help his class get ahead in the school paper drive and in chapter
four we find out if his plan was successful or not! Chapter five Henry
meets Murph, boy genius and finds that Murph has transferred into the
paper route he's had his eye on! Oh, no...in chapter six will Henry finally
get that route or is he destined to only fill in and help Scooter out? Your
young reader will love finding out!
I give this book five stars...though the Henry Huggins series was written in
the 1940's and 50's and have a bit of a Leave It to Beaver feel with regards
to the traditional family roles and quaint feel of the daily life of the kids in
them...they are also rather timeless. Putting aside the money issues (yea,
everything cost WAY less in these books than they do today), Henry
Huggins is a clean cut typical boy looking for a bit of fun...but he's also
honest, hard working, and clever in thinking of ways to get what he wants
(the advertising thing for the paper drive for example)...and he's always
respectful even when he's trying to scheme to get what he wants! Henry
and the Paper Route (and all the other books in this series) are well worth
reading...these are kids classics for a reason, because they are timelessly
entertaining!
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