Real life
The Jolly Postman
Author Allan Allberg
Illustrator Janet Allberg
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Story
The Jolly Postman delivers letters and cards to the inhabitants of fairy land – and drinks lots of cups of tea. The book includes six letters in envelopes to pull out and read and on every page are lots of little details to spot.
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Why we chose it
The Jolly Postman is full of familiar fairy tale characters. The pages are full of tiny details to spot and there is the additional fun of six pull-out pieces of post to enjoy – who wouldn’t want to read Cinderella’s mail or find out why Goldilocks is writing to the three bears.
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First published
1986, Heineman