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Birthday card, where are you?
Movable flaps reveal what happens to a birthday card as it goes from a mailbox to a post office, across the country in an airplane, and finally to Sally's mailbox.
16 pages, Paperback
First published April 2, 1985
About the author
Harriet Ziefert
691 books56 followersHarriet Ziefert grew up in North Bergen, New Jersey, where she attended the local schools. She graduated from Smith College, then received a Masters degree in Education from New York University.
For many years, Ziefert was an elementary school teacher. She taught most grades from kindergarten to fifth grade. "I liked it," she said, but she stopped teaching when she had her own sons. When her children were older, Ziefert wanted "a bigger arena" for her work. She went to work at a publishing company, Scholastic in New York City, developing materials for teacher's guides for kindergarten language arts and social studies programs.
"About twelve years ago," says Ziefert in a 1995 interview, "I tried to get a job as an editor, but no one would hire me as a trade editor. So I decided to write my own books." Since then, she has written several hundred books, mostly picture books and easy-to-read books. "I write books very quickly," she says, "in about twelve hours. I rewrite them three times over three days, and then they're done." She writes about twenty books a year.
For many years, Ziefert was an elementary school teacher. She taught most grades from kindergarten to fifth grade. "I liked it," she said, but she stopped teaching when she had her own sons. When her children were older, Ziefert wanted "a bigger arena" for her work. She went to work at a publishing company, Scholastic in New York City, developing materials for teacher's guides for kindergarten language arts and social studies programs.
"About twelve years ago," says Ziefert in a 1995 interview, "I tried to get a job as an editor, but no one would hire me as a trade editor. So I decided to write my own books." Since then, she has written several hundred books, mostly picture books and easy-to-read books. "I write books very quickly," she says, "in about twelve hours. I rewrite them three times over three days, and then they're done." She writes about twenty books a year.
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November 3, 2007
My children love "lift the flap" books and both of them have gone with me numerous times to the post office to mail BookCrossing books. So Birthday Card, Where Are You? makes the perfect book for both Sean and Harriet.
Birthday Card, Where Are You? tracks the travels of a birthday card as it goes from mail box, through the U. S. postal system to the home of a girl having a birthday. Each page except the very last one has a flap to list that shows the insides of something postal: the mail box, the mail truck, the mail bag, the airplane, and so forth.
The illustrations are a little out of date as they have the old logo (the book being published in 1982) but they are still intricate enough to be educational and lovely enough to be interesting and engaging.
Birthday Card, Where Are You? tracks the travels of a birthday card as it goes from mail box, through the U. S. postal system to the home of a girl having a birthday. Each page except the very last one has a flap to list that shows the insides of something postal: the mail box, the mail truck, the mail bag, the airplane, and so forth.
The illustrations are a little out of date as they have the old logo (the book being published in 1982) but they are still intricate enough to be educational and lovely enough to be interesting and engaging.
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