The Jolly Pocket Postman: The interactive pocket-sized adventure

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Discover the magic of letters with this much-loved rhyming tale, which has delighted readers for generations. These are catalogue records from participating libraries, which vary even among copies of the same edition, and many provide no description or nothing useful. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth

The Jolly Pocket Postman: The interactive pocket-sized The Jolly Pocket Postman: The interactive pocket-sized

Little hands will love opening the envelopes to read the post in this magical story, full of festive, fairy tale surprises! 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. 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? 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. Make a class version of the book by splitting into groups, so that each group can make one section.Write your own letters, postcards and invitations to the characters in the book, or perhaps characters from other traditional tales. 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 ] Learn about dangers and perils faced by posties through time, write a news report and design your own Postal Museum.

The Jolly Pocket Postman: The interactive pocket-sized

Sing some songs about transport; for example ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ or ‘Down at the Station, Early in the Morning’. No book series has won two Greenaway Medals. Chris Riddell was the highly commended runner up and the Medal winner, 1999 and 2001, for illustrating two books in the Diary series by Richard Platt. Graham Oakley was highly commended runner up in 1976 and 1982 for two books in his Church Mice series.

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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') The format has some lovely introductory rhyming couplets which could be discussed as a whole class. Write a letter of apology from another traditional tale character (e.g. the fox in the Gingerbread Man). Alternatively, The Jolly Postman is a series of three books including 1991 and 1995 sequels to The Jolly Postman, or Other people's letters. In the U.K., the first book won the Red House Children's Book Award and the Kurt Maschler Award. [3] [4] The second book won the 1991 Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration. [5] Summary [ edit ]

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There's a card for Baby Bear, a game appropriately called 'Beware' for Red Riding Hood from Mr Wolf, a get-well jigsaw for Humpty Dumpty and many more! But, can he deliver it all by Christmas? 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] I don't recall ever reading the book until much later. The story isn't nearly as good as all the pull outs. 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. Kate Greenaway Medal". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University ( CCSU). Retrieved 2012-07-19.

Watch the first minute of this video of Allan Ahlberg talking about how he and Janet got the idea for the book from their daughter playing with the post. Where do you get ideas for stories?

The Jolly Postman Resources and Activities - Twinkl The Jolly Postman Resources and Activities - Twinkl

Remind the children about road safety. How do you keep safe when you are out on your bike or scooter? 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. a b "The jolly postman, or, Other people's letters" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-08-31. Learn about postcodes, stamps, postcodes, different types of post, how to write and send a letter or post a parcel. 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?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. We also have resources to help your students develop their writing and literacy skills such as this easy to print Word Mat. What is The Jolly Postman? Past Winners". Red House Children's Book Award (redhousechildrensbookaward.co.uk) . Retrieved 2015-10-14. Janet Ahlberg (1944-1994) was a British children's book illustrator, and the co-creator, together with her husband Allan Ahlberg, of the best-selling Jolly Postman series. Born as Janet Hall in Yorkshire in 1944, she studied at Sunderland Technical College, where she met Ahlberg. The two married in 1969, and began to work together, publishing their first co-venture - The Old Joke Book - in 1976. She won the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association - an award recognizing the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject - for Each Peach Pear Plum. According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). There were 99 commendations of both kinds in 44 years including six in 1986.