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The Jolly Postman, or Other People's Letters (The Jolly Postman)
Join the Jolly Postman as he goes on his rounds via bicycle, delivering mail to
Goldilocks, Cinderella, Jack's Giant, and other fairy-tale characters.
Tucked into envelopes are actual letters for children to pluck out. Humorous and
engaging, this is the perfect read over a spot of tea. Ahhh!
Goldilocks, Cinderella, Jack's Giant, and other fairy-tale characters.
Tucked into envelopes are actual letters for children to pluck out. Humorous and
engaging, this is the perfect read over a spot of tea. Ahhh!
Hardcover, 29 pages
Published
September 1st 1986
by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
(first published January 1st 1986)
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I had forgotten about this book until Phyllis added it. This was one of my daughter's favorites. She LOVED the letters included with portion of the story. The interesting thing is that when we bought the book one of the letters was missing. We wrote to Chinaberry (the company we ordered the book from) and they very cheerily sent the missing letter - along with a personalized letter to my daughter - which then had to be included in the book and in each reading of the book.
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I love this book, with its letters you can take out of their envelopes and read.
Apr 06, 2009
Casey
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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I loved, loved, loved this as a kid. It still makes me laugh.
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Jolly postman is a great book to read and teach Early Years children and Key Stage 1 children. The story is for those children who enjoy playing with letter boxes and posting letters.
The book contains a sequence of letters and the postman delivers the letters to well known nursery characters until he gets to his postal rounds. All the characters in the story are well known by the children so children are familiar with the letters such as in the story it talks about Goldilocks and the 3 Bears an...more
Janet and Allan Ahlberg
The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters
This story takes the reader on a journey of all the people that the postman delivers the letters to. The recipients are Goldilocks, Cinderella and other fairy tale characters.
What makes this book so enjoyable and engaging are the actual letters which are carefully hidden away in concealed envelopes. There is a combination of letters, postcards, birthday cards and other exciting material to draw the reader into the story. It combi...more
The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters
This story takes the reader on a journey of all the people that the postman delivers the letters to. The recipients are Goldilocks, Cinderella and other fairy tale characters.
What makes this book so enjoyable and engaging are the actual letters which are carefully hidden away in concealed envelopes. There is a combination of letters, postcards, birthday cards and other exciting material to draw the reader into the story. It combi...more
Book Review by Fiona Prunty
Title of Book: The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters
Author: Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator: Janet Ahlberg
Summary of the Story:
In this story we meet a variety of familiar fairy tale characters. The Jolly Postman spends his day riding his bicycle and delivering letters, postcards and catalogues to these characters. The actual letters are included in the book and are tucked inside an envelope with an address and stamp. Letters can be read by the reader while the postman...more
Title of Book: The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters
Author: Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator: Janet Ahlberg
Summary of the Story:
In this story we meet a variety of familiar fairy tale characters. The Jolly Postman spends his day riding his bicycle and delivering letters, postcards and catalogues to these characters. The actual letters are included in the book and are tucked inside an envelope with an address and stamp. Letters can be read by the reader while the postman...more
The Jolly Postman is about a Postman whom travels on his bike and delivers letters to different characters. He delivers different types of letters such as informal and formal letters, postcards and a birthday card. He also meets different type of people such as Three Bears, Wicked Witch, Jack (beanstalk), Cinderella, Mr Wolf and Goldilocks.
I really like how the book uses landscape illustrations are drawn to create a realistic image in the audience mind. Each image corresponds to each section of...more
I really like how the book uses landscape illustrations are drawn to create a realistic image in the audience mind. Each image corresponds to each section of...more
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This interactive picture book follows a Postman delivering letters to recognisable fairytale characters. Each character receives a letter, which are also in the book that readers can take out of an envelope and read.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and realised how great it was for children. The book captures attention throughout because of the humour, the rhyming of the words, short sentences, fantastic illustrations and the interactive aspect. The use of the fairytale characters is fantastic as...more
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and realised how great it was for children. The book captures attention throughout because of the humour, the rhyming of the words, short sentences, fantastic illustrations and the interactive aspect. The use of the fairytale characters is fantastic as...more
The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters, follows a day in the life of a Postman delivering his letters to well-known fairy tale characters, such as, the Big Bad Wolf, Goldilocks, Cinderella and so on. The book is beautifully set out, using short rhymes to set the scene and an envelope containing a letter inside for each character.
The idea of sneaking a peek into ‘others people’s letters’ is suggested in the title of the book, immediately sparking the curiosity and imagination of the reader....more
The idea of sneaking a peek into ‘others people’s letters’ is suggested in the title of the book, immediately sparking the curiosity and imagination of the reader....more
One of my all-time favourites! The Jolly Postman must surely be one of the most innovative and interactive books for young children. As we read the story we accompany the Jolly Postman on his rounds as he delivers post to classic children's characters, all of which happily live within his delivery round. We meet many different character such as the Three Bears, Cinderella (now happily married to her Prince Charming), Goldilocks and many more. The real magic in this book lies in the letters that...more
This is one of my more favorite post modern picture books, I normally feel like the post modern genera is difficult to do in picture book in a way that does not loose a child it the various stories, voices, and perspectives. Although Janet Ahlberg did an amazing job writing this story. It is from the post mans point of view, but the reader also got to see how all of the characters reacted to each other from the various stories they each told. I like that each of the characters had each their own...more
I really enjoyed reading this book and thought it was written and illustrated in a great way. This is because it was not just a book, but it was an interactive book for younger children as well, which was my favorite part of it. I thought that is was really interesting how the author and illustrator more than likely combined their thoughts together to make this story as a whole.
The letters that the audience could take out of the pages and use together I thought was really cool. This is because t...more
The letters that the audience could take out of the pages and use together I thought was really cool. This is because t...more
My eldest daughter (3 3/4) has just discovered this story. I have had it for a long time and kept it hidden as it is definitely better for children who are a bit older, in fact I think she is still too young and will get more out of it when she is 5 plus years old.
The story is about a postman delivering his letters. They go to many people your child might have heard of; the Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk, the Big Bad Wolf, the three bears, Goldilocks, Cinderella and so on. The more familiar...more
The story is about a postman delivering his letters. They go to many people your child might have heard of; the Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk, the Big Bad Wolf, the three bears, Goldilocks, Cinderella and so on. The more familiar...more
Sep 19, 2011
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This picture book is a clever twist on classic fairy tales. We are re-introduced to the loveable and well-known characters. The children will already be familiar with the stories so they are treated to a look onto what happened after those happy ever after endings. It follows the jolly postman on his bike as he delivers mail to the array of characters. Goldilocks writes to the Three Bears apologising for her misbehaviour. She misspells in her letter which can be used as an opportunity to re-writ...more
This book is a fantastic example of how reading can be made exciting and accessible for even the most dis-interested child!
Janet and Allan Ahlberg have added a whole new dimension to story telling with this clever and rather revolutionary book. We follow the Jolly Postman on his rounds, delivering mail to all manner of enchanting (and very familiar!) fairy tale characters. While we read about his morning, we can actually take out and read the contents of his post-bag as he delivers each letter....more
Janet and Allan Ahlberg have added a whole new dimension to story telling with this clever and rather revolutionary book. We follow the Jolly Postman on his rounds, delivering mail to all manner of enchanting (and very familiar!) fairy tale characters. While we read about his morning, we can actually take out and read the contents of his post-bag as he delivers each letter....more
When I was young I loved Janet and Allan Ahlberg books and the jolly postman was one of my favourites. This book is really interactive and features letters from many famous children's book characters whose stories intertwine.
The body text is written in simple rhyme that is fast paced and easy to read. Clues lead you to guess who each of the letters could be from before you open the envelopes. Sometimes you will see clues in the post mark, or the stamp, or the little illustrations on the envelop...more
The body text is written in simple rhyme that is fast paced and easy to read. Clues lead you to guess who each of the letters could be from before you open the envelopes. Sometimes you will see clues in the post mark, or the stamp, or the little illustrations on the envelop...more
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This book tells the story of a "Jolly Postman" delivering letters to well-known fairy-tale characters like Goldilocks and the Big Bad Wolf. It includes pages that are envelopes, holding the letters that the postman is delivering. Through reading the interactive book, children are exposed to various types of mail that one may receive, including friendly letters, legal letters, and postcards.
On the pages that aren’t envelopes, the illustrations are simple watercolors that show what is happening in...more
On the pages that aren’t envelopes, the illustrations are simple watercolors that show what is happening in...more
This book is a fractured fairy tale about a postman delivering letters to various classic fairy tale characters. The book is cleverly designed with pages that look like envelopes and they open up and there is mail for the different characters in it. The pieces of mail range from a birthday card with "money" in it, an ad for witch supplies, a note from an attorney for the BIg Bad Wolf, and an apology letter from Goldilocks (this piece even uses typical children's spellings for words).
I think th...more
I think th...more
The Jolly Postman, is a book which follows the day of the Jolly Postman who delivers letters, postcards and other items to a variety of well known fairytale creatures. Who do you suppose wrote to Mr. and Mrs. Bear, of Goldilocks and the Three Bears? 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)?
I found that this book was very engaging and interactive for c...more
I found that this book was very engaging and interactive for c...more
May 10, 2012
Ahdeelah Hussain
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The Jolly Postman or other people’s letters. By Janet and Allan Ahlberg.
This book was one of my cousins all time favorite books which I always enjoyed reading to her. It is full of all the children’s characters and the lovely jolly postman who delivers letters to them all. The letters are fun to pull out and read. They are full of invitations, manuals, letters and postcards. This can all be used as a tool to introduce children to writing letters, postcards and invitations. It’s a very interactiv...more
This book was one of my cousins all time favorite books which I always enjoyed reading to her. It is full of all the children’s characters and the lovely jolly postman who delivers letters to them all. The letters are fun to pull out and read. They are full of invitations, manuals, letters and postcards. This can all be used as a tool to introduce children to writing letters, postcards and invitations. It’s a very interactiv...more
This has got to be one of my favourite childhood books.It is full of fun and interaction. The book practices taking or pulling letters out to read and then tucking them nicely back into the envelopes. This book is perfect for reading to KS1 children as it includes paragraphs and sections from several classic fairy tales and puts a different twist to them. Some of the fairytales that have letters in the book are from Goldilocks, Jack and The Beanstalk and Cinderella, which obviously provides endl...more
This story was really good read. I would most definitely recommend this book for younger children. The story had characters from fairy tales and everyone knows kids love fairy tale books. This book would capture children's attention and keep them entertained throughout the story. I do not believe the pictures portrayed the text. I would have thought the pictures would have been really bright and just out of the world but to me, they were nothing special. It kind of made the story boring when you...more
The Jolly Postman is one of my favourite picture books. The book encompasses multimodality and intertextuality flawlessly. The book is eye catching and young children will be engaged in it because it involves them getting each letter out of the envelopes.
Many activities can be derived from this book, for example, older children can examine the different types of writing that are used. This could lead them to write in similar styles when writing a newspaper articles or leaflets. Using Multimodal...more
Many activities can be derived from this book, for example, older children can examine the different types of writing that are used. This could lead them to write in similar styles when writing a newspaper articles or leaflets. Using Multimodal...more
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Summary
The jolly postman visits several fairy tale characters from various classic fairy tale stories to deliver their letters. He delivered mail to the three bears, The witch that lives in the gingerbread house, the giant from "Jack and the Beanstalk" and many others. This book also includes the actual letters that he is delivering inside envelope- shaped pages.
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I give this book five stars. I feel that many children would be interested in this story and anxious to see which character th...more
The jolly postman visits several fairy tale characters from various classic fairy tale stories to deliver their letters. He delivered mail to the three bears, The witch that lives in the gingerbread house, the giant from "Jack and the Beanstalk" and many others. This book also includes the actual letters that he is delivering inside envelope- shaped pages.
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I give this book five stars. I feel that many children would be interested in this story and anxious to see which character th...more
Summary: Fifteen years ago, long before anyone else thought of tucking actual letters and notes inside a book, Little, Brown published The Jolly Postman by Allan and Janet Ahlberg. This wonderful book gave children a chance to read letters sent from one fairy tale or Mother Goose character to another. Among the funny notes was one from Jack, who lolled on a sun-drenched island, thanking the Giant for the gold that let him afford such a nifty vacation.
Written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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Written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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I was so happy when I saw this book on the post-modern booklist, I completely forgot about this book but I absolutely loved this book when I was little and being able to read all of the little letters; it was great being able to read it again. First of all, this book can be good for young children in today's society because the concept of mail coming through the post is getting increasingly less popular. Seeing all the the Postcards from different children's stories is great because it helps to...more
I received a lovely handwritten letter from my sister-in-law on my birthday, and it was so personal, contemplative, rare, and different from the usual exchange of emails that it made me recall this wonderful book I read to and with my kids when they were growing up. I had to dig The Jolly Postman out of my box of saved books to read and enjoy again. The concept of reading actual letters that can be removed from the envelopes in the book is pure genius. I'm wishing for more books like this aimed...more
I loved this book as a kid because you could take out the letters different fairy tale characters has written to one another and see their "real" lives outside of the books. This is a great book for kids who are familiar with the traditional western fairy tales - it's an opportunity to think about them in a different way and relate back to the stories they come from. I think kids would like the idea of writing to a character from a story or inviting one to his or her birthday party. There are lo...more
The Jolly Postman is a story told through simple rhyme with lovely colour illustrations. The characters are typical of traditional tales. The book is interactive; each character receives an item of post that can be taken from its envelope. The types of text include birthday card, book, catalogue, ‘sorry’ card, pictures with captions and more.
This book is most suitable for children in the EYFS and KS1. It could be in the class/school library to be borrowed (as long as all the letters come back wi...more
This book is most suitable for children in the EYFS and KS1. It could be in the class/school library to be borrowed (as long as all the letters come back wi...more
I really enjoyed reading The Jolly Postman and think it would be a great book to ready to young students. This book not only involves characters that would be very familiar to the students but also gets their complete interaction. Children love hearing about fairytale characters so to have them as characters in this story, will really draw the students attention to the story. I think having the envelopes accessible to be opened by the students is really creative and catchy. There are severally d...more
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In the early 1960s, Allan studied teacher training in Sunderland, where he also met Janet, his future wife. He had tackled a wide variety of jobs, ranging from postman to plumber's mate before working as a primary teacher for ten years. Janet, however, discovering that she 'couldn't do the policing job', went on to study graphic design, which led her to her vocation as an illustrator.
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