postal service

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postal service

A visit to the post office

1989
A class visits the post office to mail their valentines and finds out about the work that is done there.

Mailing May

1997
In 1914, because her family cannot afford a train ticket to her grandmother's town, May gets mailed and rides the mail car on the train to see her grandmother.

The Pony Express

hoofbeats in the wilderness
1989
Describes the circumstances under which the Pony Express was founded, how it was organized, the rough territory and general hardships faced by the riders, and the technological innovation that ended it.

Good-bye, Curtis

1995
Everyone in the neighborhood says a fond farewell to Curtis, their beloved longtime letter carrier, on his last day of work.

Owney, the mail pouch pooch

2008
In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling around the world by mail boat in 132 days.

Mr. Griggs' work

1989
Mr. Griggs so loves his work at the post office that he thinks of it all the time and everything reminds him of it.

The post office book

mail and how it moves
1982
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.

Toddlecreek post office

1990
The Toddlecreek post office serves many functions to the residents of a small town until the day everything changes.

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