But the things that happen seem real and there's humor for all ages in the story.' About both the Ramona and Henry Huggins series, Choosing Books for Kids write, 'Cleary's characters, situations, and dialogue ring true and deal with recognizable problems eights and nines have at school and at home.' Adaptations and editions 'Beverly Cleary continues to provide a measure of relief from the suffocating flood of books about unreal talking animals and stock characters in the way of dogs and ponies and horses - for her cast of characters can be matched in any average town and recognized as the children `round the block.

His kindness is noticed by one of his customers, who writes a letter to the editor praising him, and Henry ends up making his father proud.Ĭritics appreciated Cleary's humor, characterization and realistic plot, as seen in this review. But one winter day Henry feels sorry for Ramona, following him around in the deep snow, and takes her home on his sled before finishing his paper route. It isn't easy to have a job, a major building project, and friends who don't get along. One day, Ramona locks Henry in the clubhouse and he can't get out until he reveals the secret password to Beezus, whom Ramona had gone to for help. Henry doesn't like excluding his good friend Beezus Quimby, but he agrees to go along anyway. The only problem is, Murph can't stand girls, and he insists that it be a 'Boys Only' clubhouse. Henry and his two friends Robert and Murph decide to build the world's best clubhouse in Henry's backyard, using wood donated by one of Henry's customers. When little Ramona Quimby starts following him around trying to help, the other paper deliverers make fun of them, and all of his ideas to get rid of her seem to backfire.

And when he goes to the new neighbor's house to sell her a subscription, his dog Ribsy embarrasses him by starting a fight with her Dalmatian.

He likes the responsibility, but he doesn't like the 'collecting' aspect of the job trying to get his customers to pay him on time. He takes his job very seriously, and works hard to make his father proud of him. Henry Huggins is the youngest boy in town to have a paper route. Henry and the Clubhouse was published in 1962. One of the boys insists that it be a 'Boys Only' club, and that causes trouble with Henry's friend Beezus Quimby and her little sister Ramona. His earnings are going for the clubhouse he and his friends are building. Now that he has the paper route he wanted so badly in the previous book, Henry and the Paper Route, Henry finds that it's harder than he expected.

Henry and the Clubhouse, by Beverly Cleary, is the fifth book in Henry Huggins series.

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