![]() ![]() 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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