What other familiar characters has the Jolly Postman managed to visit on his travels, how has our Jolly Postman’s day been, and who has invited him in for a cup of tea (green tea at that)? Use the Type of Letter Worksheet, categorize the letters delivered by The Jolly Postman, based upon the class's letter description chart. Circulate among students as they work, answering any questions and watching for evidence that students are using genre characteristics to sort the letters. Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e. Enjoy Goldilocks' "Sorry" letter to the Three Bears, a Postcard to the Giant from Jack and, most amusing of all, the writ issued to the Big Bad Wolf by lawyers acting on behalf of both Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

Story Books < Story Titles T-V The Jolly Postman - Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg The Disgusting Sandwich - Gareth Edwards The Proudest Blue - Ibtihaj Muhammad and S. In addition, as this text follows a postman delivering mail to the different characters there are physical envelopes with different materials such as puzzles and postcards to enhance the story. Begin by summarizing the story: the book tells about the mail that a letter carrier delivers to fairy tale characters.I loved pulling out the letters, games, mini books, and other surprised that are tucked into the pages. There's hours of fun to be had with the board game for Red Riding Hood and of course Humpty Dumpty received a jigsaw puzzle! These are catalogue records from participating libraries, which vary even among copies of the same edition, and many provide no description or nothing useful.

The post for each character is tucked into a neat envelope between the pages of the book, which hopefully makes sure they will not get lost. Children will love recognising their favourite characters, and will be so excited to open all the letters to see what is inside. I kept it around to share with my grandkids when they were young, and it is still in my personal library.Are there any significant land features which could be placed on the map, if so the children could be taught some of the representations used on real life maps? According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974).