postal service

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The post office book

mail and how it moves
1986
A step-by-step description of what happens to mail from the time it is deposited in the mailbox to its arrival at its destination. Also includes brief historical facts about mail service in the United States.

Postal workers

2005
Presents an introduction to postal workers, in simple text with illustrations, describing how the collect, sort, and deliver mail.

Penguin post

2002
While his mother is looking for food and his father is tending their egg, a young penguin named Milo is charged with delivering the mail, not knowing that he is about to make a very special delivery.

Hark! the aardvark angels sing

a story of Christmas mail
2001
A host of aardvark angels join in the quest to get holiday mail delivered around the world.

Mr. Munday and the space creatures

1989
When bumbling mailman Mr. Munday trades places with a space creature, everyone gets unexpectedly wonderful surprises.

The giant hug

2005
When Owen sends a real hug to his grandmother for her birthday he inadvertently brings cheer to the postal workers as they pass the hug along.

A strange day

2007
Jack is so disappointed at not receiving a letter from the drawing contest that he mopes around the town totally unaware of the strange things that are happening around him.

They're off!

the story of the Pony Express
1996
Relates the history of the Pony Express from when it began to carry messages across the American West in April 1860 until the telegraph replaced it in October 1861.

Off like the wind!

the first ride of the pony express
2010
An illustrated history of the Pony Express, the riders carried the mail from Missouri to California, and the dangers they encountered.

Mule train mail

2009
Rain or shine, Anthony the Postman leads his pack of mules through the Grand Canyon to deliver the mail to the town of Supai.

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