![]() ![]() Adult characters drink and smoke one's an alcoholic, and another chews tobacco. Children will love experiencing everything about the paperboy’s routine, from the silence and chill of the early morning darkness to the sight of the warm sunrise. ![]() Learning that his father's not named on his birth certificate, a boy wonders about his mystery parent. The Paperboy ’s soothing narrative and lush illustrations make this simple story about responsibilities captivating and beautiful. A woman reveals that her brother was murdered over a bag of sugar. A character fantasizes about throwing a rock at a bully and later does throw a bottle at a man who's strangling a woman. The story includes violence and questionable behavior: The narrator notices a woman on his route has a black eye and overhears an awful fight she has with her husband he also breaks into a man's house and knocks him down when the man comes home. remastered edition of his timeless, Caldecott Honor-winning picture book. A friend of the narrator's mother complains about a plan to integrate the schools, and his African-American nanny has to sit in the back of the bus unless she's with him. The Paperboy Bestselling author Dav Pilkeys timeless Caldecott Honor book. Parents need to know that Newbery Honor Book Paperboy, set in the segregated South, involves situations and attitudes typical of that era and calls for some maturity on the reader's part. Characters smoke, and a woman chews tobacco.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Adults drink, and one character is an alcoholic. ![]()
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