The Post Office Book: Mail and How It Moves (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

by Gail Gibbons

Overview

An outing to a modern post office offers the opportunity to see culling and canceling machines, watch postal workers, and follow a box of baby chicks through the mail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780808574262
Publisher:	Perfection Learning Corporation
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Edition description:	THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Gail Gibbons, author of more than one hundred books, is the winner of the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to children's nonfiction literature. Called a "master of picture book nonfiction" by ALA Booklist, Ms. Gibbons has a special talent for making complex subjects understandable and entertaining for young readers.

Editorial Reviews

Bright and cheerful. Stamp the book first class.

New York Times

Gibbons takes readers step-by-step through the mailing process,from the moment the letter is dropped into a mailbox until it reaches its final destination. She includes a glossary and a brief history of message-sending. (5-8)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly