It is hard for the boy and his dog to leave the comfort of their warm bed and into the cold, dark morning. He has to wake up before his parents and sister to deliver on time. The Paper Boy is about a young boy who, with his dog, delivers the newspaper to all of his neighborhood. This will show children sometimes they will need to do things that they do not want to, but it is necessary. He knows it is his job so he does what he is supposed to. Even if the paperboy is not excited about having to wake up early in the morning, while it is still cold, he does. This story would be a story that can be used in first or second grade to teach students about hard work and having responsibilities. The images help emphasize the amount of work that the job can be.

Each page shows the paperboy and his dog through each step of preparing and delivering the morning papers. The images' lines and shapes are very simple. This is the sun slowly rising, showing the paperboy starts his day before the sun. The pictures in this book start with dark backgrounds, and they progressively lighten up. After he is done with this job, he is able to return home and go back to sleep while everyone else starts to wake up. He is awake before everyone else, so he has to quietly go downstair and gather the papers before riding his bike through the neighborhood to deliver the papers. The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey is a story about a boy who has to wake up in the morning, when everything is dark and cold.

The paperboy by dav pilkey