The Jolly Pocket Postman

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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] Write a letter of apology from another traditional tale character (e.g. the fox in the Gingerbread Man).

Janet Ahlberg was a commended runner up for the 1986 Greenaway Medal [7] [b] and she won the 1991 Greenaway for the sequel. [5] The annual award by the Library Association then recognised the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. The format has some lovely introductory rhyming couplets which could be discussed as a whole class.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.

Our 'The Jolly Postman' resources also include everything you need to create beautiful displays for your classroom. Your students can get involved in the making of your displays by contributing their own work to be put on the classroom wall. 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 follows an unnamed mail carrier as he delivers letters by bicycle to characters from traditional children's stories that are well known in Britain. Following each sheet of narrative verse and illustration, there is one shaped like an envelope and containing one of the postman's deliveries. Each envelope is opened and its enclosure read at that point in the story.a b "The jolly postman, or, Other people's letters" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-08-31. 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? Bring in a selection of different types of mail. What are they for? Sort them into different types. Are any of them the same type of letter as the ones in the book? Use the bicycle to investigate pushes and pulls. How does a bicycle work? What about a scooter? Encourage the children to describe the pushes and pulls involved.

Make a class version of the book by splitting into groups, so that each group can make one section. Join the jolly postman with his mailbag of delightful deliveries for Dorothy from Oz, Alice from Wonderland, and other favorite storybook characters." [15] See also [ edit ] a b "The jolly postman, or, Other people's letters" (one catalogue record for the first U.S. edition). WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-07-19.Additionally, we also have some great 'The Jolly Postman' activities and games so that you can make your lesson interactive. For example, this Jolly Postman Roleplay Activityis a great way to get your students thinking about the characters from the story. Following The Jolly Postman's success, the Ahlbergs and Heinemann produced two sequels. The latter, third in the series, was published after Janet's death in 1994. For the second book, The Jolly Christmas Postman, she won her second Kate Greenaway Medal. [5] Remind the children about road safety. How do you keep safe when you are out on your bike or scooter? 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.

This book would be best suited to KS1 and lower KS2 children, although if read as a class book it could be used in EYFS classes as the book is very well illustrated. This book could be used in literacy when teaching children about poetry or rhyming as the whole story uses rhyming words. An activity using this story could be to incorporate their favourite character from another book and suggest what the postman could deliver to them. Due to the fact that there are lots of additional parts to the book which may get lost, it may be better suited to a class reading activity, although it could be read by the children to the class as opposed to the teacher reading. 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')Past Winners". Red House Children's Book Award (redhousechildrensbookaward.co.uk) . Retrieved 2015-10-14.