The Jolly Pocket Postman

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Sing some songs about transport; for example ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ or ‘Down at the Station, Early in the Morning’. This brilliant teacher-made set of 'The Jolly Postman' resources is designed to save you time and make planning lessons easier. With this wonderful selection of tools, you will be able to create wonderfully exciting lessons for your students to enjoy. Write a letter of apology from another traditional tale character (e.g. the fox in the Gingerbread Man).

a b "The jolly postman, or, Other people's letters" (one catalogue record for the first U.S. edition). WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-07-19. Make a list of where people in the class have been on holiday. Can you find the places on a map? Did you send a postcard?Write your own letters, postcards and invitations to the characters in the book, or perhaps characters from other traditional tales. We also have resources to help your students develop their writing and literacy skills such as this easy to print Word Mat. What is The Jolly Postman? The format has some lovely introductory rhyming couplets which could be discussed as a whole class.

Alternatively, The Jolly Postman is a series of three books including 1991 and 1995 sequels to The Jolly Postman, or Other people's letters. In the U.K., the first book won the Red House Children's Book Award and the Kurt Maschler Award. [3] [4] The second book won the 1991 Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration. [5] Summary [ edit ] The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters is an interactive children's picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The innovative project required five years to complete, and much discussion with both the publisher Heinemann and the printer before it was issued in 1986. The first subject heading assigned by WorldCat is "Toy and movable books". Little, Brown published a U.S. edition in the same year.

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The Ahlbergs won two major British book awards for The Jolly Postman, the 1986 Kurt Maschler Award [4] and 1987 Red House Children's Book Award. The Dutch translation of the book De puike postbode won the Boekensleutel literary award in 1988. The Jolly Postman has sold more than six million copies, Allan Ahlberg told The Guardian in 2006. It made innovative use of envelopes to include letters, cards, games and a tiny book. [2] There is reference throughout to traditional tales which could be explored at the teacher's discretion. There are nursery rhymes which match to some of theses tales which could be sung in addition to a story time. (e.g. 'Little Miss Moffat' and 'Mary, Mary, quite contrary') Watch the first minute of this video of Allan Ahlberg talking about how he and Janet got the idea for the book from their daughter playing with the post. Where do you get ideas for stories? a b "The jolly postman, or, Other people's letters" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-08-31.