Paperboy

//Paperboy// by Mary Kay Kroeger and Louise Borden; illustrated by Ted Lewin. New York: Clarion Books, 1996. Call Number: E Kro

Summary: In Cincinnati in 1927, paperboy Willie Brinkman tries to sell extras on the Dempsey-Tunney boxing match in his workingman's neighborhood.

Activities:


 * Ask students to think about how they are persuaded to buy things. TV? the Internet?
 * Students can write their own newspaper and try to sell it. How can you make it interesting for people to want to purchase it?

Web Links:

[|Unit for Grade 1: The Newspaper]

[|There's More to Newspapers Than the News]