postal service

Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the jobs that mail carriers do and how they help the community.

Uses an alphabet book format to present the work of the postal service in handling our mail.

Examines the establishment of this innovative but short-lived mail delivery system and recounts anecdotes about it.

Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.

With the impending closure of the post office, the transition to the new communication system VEXT-mail is anything but smooth for the human and paranormal residents of Ghastly, Illinois. Story told mostly through letters.

Simple text and illustrations describe a package as it makes its way across country, from the time it is wrapped and addressed until it is delivered and opened.

Photographs and text describe how the United States Postal Service collects, processes, and delivers mail.

One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname "Snowshoe Thompson.".

A portrait of the first Pony Express run as it gallops through the Old West.

A history of the postal service describing ways mail has been sent over the years.