postal service

Describes, in graphic novel format, the history and duties of the Pony Express.

When Daddy rides off on his horse in a terrible snow storm to deliver the mail, his family anxiously awaits his return.

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.".

An introduction to postal services that describes post offices and people who work in them and discusses mail processing, addressing an envelope, and different ways mail is delivered.

Follows the postman from door to door as he delivers Christmas cards and other surprises to familiar figures such as Red Riding Hood and Humpty Dumpty, and presents pockets holding the actual cards and other deliveries--including a puzzle--that shape the story.

Describes what mail carriers do at work, providing information on their uniforms, responsibilities, typical schedule, and the ways they keep neighborhoods safe.

Presents the true story of Owney, a stray dog that wandered into the Albany, New York, post office one cold night in 1889, and became a mascot of the postal service, riding mail wagons, trains, and even ships, to places around the world.

Discusses the history of the United States mail from the Pony Express to today and describes the mailing process.

Once upon a time, waiting for the mail was filled with warm anticipation. But there's a new mail carrier in town, one who's delivering lethal letters stuffed with icy fear. Now nothing, not even the most outstanding citizens or the most secret weaknesses, is safe from the sinister power of this malicious mailman.

Set in 2013, after a war has destroyed most of USA, including the government, a solitary traveler is captured by a fascist military group called the Holnists led by Hitler-like General Bethlehem. When he escapes from the Holnists he finds an abandoned mail Jeep and uniform, and starts to travel through small cities, telling them he is a postman, a representative of the restored United States. No one believes him at first, but soon he has followers, and they start to prepare a revolt against Holnists.