The Paperboy

Author: Dav Pilkey
List Price: $16.95
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ISBN: 0531095061
Publisher: Orchard Books (April, 1996)
Sales Rank: 61,485
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5
He knows of what he speaks
Dav Pilkey must have been a paperboy. I was, and this captures the feel of being a boy wide awake while the world is still sleeping. I never tired of reading it. It's a perfect bedtime story. How can you lose with a story that has the character falling asleep at the end?

Rating: 5 out of 5
Good book for our children
Dav, Pilkey a great painting in the paperboy. there were very nice pictures. since the story was written by a few sentence every page, it really gave children more space to image on the story. alhough it's a simple story, it taught our children the most. in the story, Dav descripted what did a paperboy do in his job. and how hard that his work was. as a paperboy, he had to get up early in the morning and delievered his newpaper before anyone got up. eventhough it was hard for him to get up in the morning, he had a very good friend (his dog) would do it with him every morning. in fact, Dav had taught our children that FRIENDSHIP would not only be limit just with human, it could also be with our animals, too. at the same time, he did teach our children to love animals because they could be their friend. also, Dav had taught our children what RESPONSIBILITIES are. to be responable to his/her own responsibilites. in the story, the paperboy would finish his work before he went back to sleep. therefore, when our children grow up, they would know to take care of their responsibilities and not avoid them. it's a good book to teach children about responsibilities.

Rating: 5 out of 5
The Paperboy delivers magic
When you are sleeping & the sky is dark & the streets shadowy, someone & his dog are up, working & happy.

Happy are they at work before dawn, the dog running after scents & growling at critters & the boy pedaling his bike, thinking his thoughts & tossing the morning paper to house after house, as slowly, softly another day dawns.

Dav Pilkey's pictures & story capture the shadows & colors of when night turns toward day & while everyone is tumbling out of their beds, the paperboy & his dog are tumbling back into theirs.

A fine way to introduce children to the idea of working for a living, of being responsible, of doing the work until it's done & the fun.



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