The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey
Title: The Paperboy
Author/Illustrator: Dav Pilkey
Genre: Fiction
Major Awards: Caldecott Honor Book (1997)
Age: 4-8
This book is about a young boy who delivers newspapers to his local neighborhood and he and his dog enjoy the time together while the city is still asleep. Each Saturday morning while the neighborhood was still sleeping paperboy and his dog leave their comfortable and warm beds to deliver newspapers to the neighborhood. Paperboy and his dog quietly walk down the stairs being sure not to disturb his parents and sister, who are all still sleeping. They eat some breakfast and head to the garage to pack his sack of newspapers, being sure that each has a rubber band around it so that it doesn't come open by accident, and it's easier for throwing. It seems hard at first for him to ride a bike with a bag full of newspapers weighing him down, but he's mastered that skill. Paperboy has learned his route by heart and knows which houses to deliver a newspaper to. Now when he rides he thinks about things big and small, and sometimes just enjoys the ride. Not only does paperboy know the route by heart, but so does his dog. He knows which trees to sniff, which birdbaths he can drink from, which squirrels to chase and which cats he needs to growl at. The whole neighborhood is fast asleep except for paperboy and his dog, and they are happiest when it's just them. Slowly the neighborhood starts to wake up ans the moon and stars begin to fade and the sun is now rising causing a pretty orange and pink hue to light up the sky. And once he finishes delivering his newspapers he and his dog race home, and it's a lot easier to pedal now that all the newspapers were delivered. As they arrive back home, his parents and sister are awake. His parents are talking softly while his sister is downstairs watching cartoons on that Saturday morning. Once he and his dog get back to his room they crawl back into their warm bed and go back to sleep while the world around them is just beginning to wake up. Since their work was done it was time to dream.
I really liked this book and think students would enjoy. Sure they may not read newspapers, but I think it's important for them to see what things for like for kids back in the day, and to note this was on a weekend. I think it would be interesting to see students reactions to this young boy working at such a young age and that he was doing it early in the morning since most of them probably like to get up and watch cartoons, but that's about it. This book would best suit students in Preschool-3rd grade. If I used this in a lesson it would be about what children had to do back in the day.
- Peace. Love. Giraffes.
Author/Illustrator: Dav PilkeyGenre: Fiction
Major Awards: Caldecott Honor Book (1997)
Age: 4-8
This book is about a young boy who delivers newspapers to his local neighborhood and he and his dog enjoy the time together while the city is still asleep. Each Saturday morning while the neighborhood was still sleeping paperboy and his dog leave their comfortable and warm beds to deliver newspapers to the neighborhood. Paperboy and his dog quietly walk down the stairs being sure not to disturb his parents and sister, who are all still sleeping. They eat some breakfast and head to the garage to pack his sack of newspapers, being sure that each has a rubber band around it so that it doesn't come open by accident, and it's easier for throwing. It seems hard at first for him to ride a bike with a bag full of newspapers weighing him down, but he's mastered that skill. Paperboy has learned his route by heart and knows which houses to deliver a newspaper to. Now when he rides he thinks about things big and small, and sometimes just enjoys the ride. Not only does paperboy know the route by heart, but so does his dog. He knows which trees to sniff, which birdbaths he can drink from, which squirrels to chase and which cats he needs to growl at. The whole neighborhood is fast asleep except for paperboy and his dog, and they are happiest when it's just them. Slowly the neighborhood starts to wake up ans the moon and stars begin to fade and the sun is now rising causing a pretty orange and pink hue to light up the sky. And once he finishes delivering his newspapers he and his dog race home, and it's a lot easier to pedal now that all the newspapers were delivered. As they arrive back home, his parents and sister are awake. His parents are talking softly while his sister is downstairs watching cartoons on that Saturday morning. Once he and his dog get back to his room they crawl back into their warm bed and go back to sleep while the world around them is just beginning to wake up. Since their work was done it was time to dream.
I really liked this book and think students would enjoy. Sure they may not read newspapers, but I think it's important for them to see what things for like for kids back in the day, and to note this was on a weekend. I think it would be interesting to see students reactions to this young boy working at such a young age and that he was doing it early in the morning since most of them probably like to get up and watch cartoons, but that's about it. This book would best suit students in Preschool-3rd grade. If I used this in a lesson it would be about what children had to do back in the day.
- Peace. Love. Giraffes.
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