For your reading pleasure, I present The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters by Allan and Janet Ahlberg.
The Jolly Postman
Good ol’ fashioned fun. That is what Allan and Janet Ahlberg created with The Jolly Postman. It all begins with the lyrical quality of the rhyme that no child is going to be able to resist.
Once upon a bicycle,
So they say,
A Jolly Postman came one day
From over the hills
And far away …
Next, there are the illustrations. Allan and Janet have included a search and find element to their illustrations. This interplay gives young readers the opportunity to see if they can locate and name characters from their favourite fairytales and nursery rhymes.
Finally is the interactivity weaved into the story. Young readers will love to place their tiny hands into the envelopes and see what surprise awaits them. What can be more fun than that?
If fun is what you’re looking for, it’s time to take a bicycle ride along with the Jolly Postman himself.
