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1) Post office
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Readers are introduced to the many careers available at a post office. Colorful sidebars encourage children to think, create, guess, and ask questions about a career working in a post office."--Amazon.com.
2) Mailing May
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Discworld volume 30
Language
English
Description
Sentenced to death for forgery and swindling, Meist Von Lipwig accepts a pardon in exchange for revamping an ancient post office, but his efforts are thwarted by murderous characters who want the post office shut down.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discover the surprising role of the postal service in our nation's political, social, economic, and physical development. The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time it represented the government for most citizens. The post became the catalyst of the nation's transportation grid, from the stagecoach lines to the airlines, and the lifeline of the great migration from...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Founded by Benjamin Franklin, USPS was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, fostered a common culture, and helped American business to prosper. A first class stamp remains one of the greatest bargains of all time, and yet, the USPS is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing.This is a multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters,...
6) Snail Mail
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When a girl on the East Coast writes a letter to a boy on the West Coast, a group of snails carry the letter across the country through deserts, mountains, snow, and rain to make sure the letter is received.
Author
Publisher
Pebble
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The post office is an important place in our community. Many community helpers work at the post office. Readers will learn about who works at a post office, what the workers do, and what makes a post office special. Simple, at-level text and vibrant photos help readers learn all about the post office"--
10) Mail trucks
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Simple text and colorful pictures teach young readers about mail trucks.
11) Off & away
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Jo fears what lives in the ocean but when her father is too ill to deliver messages in bottles, she courageously takes on the job, making new friends along the way.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Como cada mañana, el Ratón Cartero se levanta para hacer el reparto, pero hoy en lugar de subir a su furgoneta de correos despega en un cohete... Al país de los caramelos, al reino de las sirenas o al país de los monstruos, 20,000 leguas de viaje submarino a más allá de las nubes..., ¡nada detiene al Ratón Cartero cuando se trata de repartir sus paquetes!
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When the United States entered World War II, it had to face its own contradictions at home. Opportunities opened up for Black people and women in support of the war effort. But ideas about race and gender didn't change as swiftly. Read the story of the first all-Black battalion in the Women's Army Corps--the Six Triple Eight--and its leader, Major Charity Adams. These women bravely confronted the racism and sexism they experienced. And they did it...
17) The lost package
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A tour of the busy work that takes place at post offices is depicted through the journey of a lost package that receives a little help reaching its destination, proving that distance cannot keep loved ones apart.
Author
Language
English
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Description
In early 1945, Dorothy and 800 African American WACs arrive at their post in England where they are tasked with processing mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces, and with their outlooks changed forever, return to the U.S. as the catalysts for change in America.
20) Gift & Box
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Gift and Box are a package, dropped off with love to Sofia from Grandma at the local post office. But being a package together on a long postal voyage is not always easy. There are ships to board, oceans to cross and bumpy truck rides! Can Gift and Box arrive in one piece? Come along for the ride on this delightful journey of friendship that showcases the wonder of receiving a gift by mail, and the love both a grandma and child feel as they're connected...
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