Children's Books About Mail / Post / Letters and Cards

[Zoe]

Hello all,

I recently compiled a list of picture books about mail / post / letters and cards, with the help of with the help of the generous community who make up the Child Lit email group at Rutgers and I was wondering if there is a way to upload it here? As I'm new I'd appreciate some guidance! If it's not possible / in the meantime, the list is available (in 4 parts - there are 99 books in total!) at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Picture-Books...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Picture-Books...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Picture-Books...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Picture-Books...

[Kathryn, The Princess of Picture-Books]

Oh, gosh, I have been in love with getting mail/letters since I was a little kid!!! I still write some pen-pals I've known since I was maybe nine years old!!! Love this list of books! :-) Thank you!

[Lisa]

Zoe, You can make up a Listopia list, which other members will be able to expand on.

http://www.goodreads.com/list

[Lisa]

Wow! No wonder there are so many books I've never read. Yes, thank you so much.

[Carolyn]

Wow! Quite a list!
I think some of the Flat Stanley sequel books also involve mailing himself to other countries to visit.

[Lisa]

Actually, I just read the first Flat Stanley book and I think he did get mailed somewhere!

[ABC]

Wowza, I never knew there were so many books about letters. I don't know if you can still add to the list, but the wonderful book "The Hundred Dresses" contains letters back and forth.

[Zoe]

Hi Abigail, thanks for putting all the books on this thread. Quite a few of the suggestions I got for this list came from members of the Child lit email group I mentioned so I haven't read them all.

Of those on the list I have really enjoyed Mailing May and The Giant Hug.

[Lisa]

I loved The Hundred Dresses when I was young. I do have a copy of it.

[Katri]

Just reading these book titles makes me want to pick up letter-writing again! There are some letters I should reply to... I was a huge letter-writing obsessee for a long time, I don't know why I've fallen out of the habit in the past couple of years. Maybe we should start a pen-pal thread!

I read a lot of novels in letter format when I was younger - if I think of any that aren't on the list and that would be available in English, I'll post them here! I also love to read published letters of historical figures, but that's not really for this group...

[Kathryn, The Princess of Picture-Books]

Ooo! A pen-pal thread, that sounds quite fun, Katri :-) I, too, am a long-time letter-lover.

[Zoe]

Hi Kathryn, Katri and all

I've actually got an international postcard swap for families going on at the moment on my blog (although we're now closed to families based in the US) - this was the reason I collected the list of books on mail/post/letters in the first place.
http://www.playingbythebook.net/inter...
If you want to take part, get in touch soon as the deadline for signing up is Friday 30th April.

Moderators - please let me know if this post isn't ok. I didn't set out to "advertise" my swap - but seeing as penpals were mentioned it seemed ok to mention the swap.

[Kathryn, The Princess of Picture-Books]

Oh, I am so sad the postcard swap is closed to US families! (Though I understand your reasoning) Do you think it will open up again in the future???

I do see there is another postcard swap taking place "The Great American Postcard Swap" which you reference on your blog:
http://adventuresandpursuits.blogspot...

[Zoe]

I won't be doing another swap until next year. I've got almost 200 families signed up - I'm thrilled as they will all be sending each other book recommendations!