the jolly postman by janet and allan ahlberg the jolly postman is a very exciting book! it is the story of a postman who travels around the countryside delivering mail to famous storybook charactors. the three bears recieve a letter from goldilocks and the giant gets a postcard from jack. the most exciting thing is that there are actual letters that you can take out of little pockets and read through out the book.

this book is great for any letter writing unit. it shows personal letters and business letters. the class can write letters to some of their favorite story charactors. in one of my classes, we established a classroom mailbox, where the kids could place letters to their friends, to be delivered later. the content of the letters ranged from thank yous and invitations to apologies and just plain hi.