Write a letter of apology from another traditional tale character (e.g. the fox in the Gingerbread Man). Watch the first minute of this video of Allan Ahlberg talking about how he and Janet got the idea for the book from their daughter playing with the post. Where do you get ideas for stories? Additionally, we also have some great 'The Jolly Postman' activities and games so that you can make your lesson interactive. For example, this Jolly Postman Roleplay Activityis a great way to get your students thinking about the characters from the story. Janet Ahlberg was a commended runner up for the 1986 Greenaway Medal [7] [b] and she won the 1991 Greenaway for the sequel. [5] The annual award by the Library Association then recognised the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. Remind the children about road safety. How do you keep safe when you are out on your bike or scooter?

a b "The jolly postman, or, Other people's letters" (one catalogue record for the first U.S. edition). WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-07-19. Past Winners". Red House Children's Book Award (redhousechildrensbookaward.co.uk) . Retrieved 2015-10-14. Sing some songs about transport; for example ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ or ‘Down at the Station, Early in the Morning’. The Ahlbergs won two major British book awards for The Jolly Postman, the 1986 Kurt Maschler Award [4] and 1987 Red House Children's Book Award. The Dutch translation of the book De puike postbode won the Boekensleutel literary award in 1988. This brilliant teacher-made set of 'The Jolly Postman' resources is designed to save you time and make planning lessons easier. With this wonderful selection of tools, you will be able to create wonderfully exciting lessons for your students to enjoy.

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Our 'The Jolly Postman' resources also include everything you need to create beautiful displays for your classroom. Your students can get involved in the making of your displays by contributing their own work to be put on the classroom wall.

We also have resources to help your students develop their writing and literacy skills such as this easy to print Word Mat. What is The Jolly Postman? This book would be best suited to KS1 and lower KS2 children, although if read as a class book it could be used in EYFS classes as the book is very well illustrated. This book could be used in literacy when teaching children about poetry or rhyming as the whole story uses rhyming words. An activity using this story could be to incorporate their favourite character from another book and suggest what the postman could deliver to them. Due to the fact that there are lots of additional parts to the book which may get lost, it may be better suited to a class reading activity, although it could be read by the children to the class as opposed to the teacher reading. Alternatively, The Jolly Postman is a series of three books including 1991 and 1995 sequels to The Jolly Postman, or Other people's letters. In the U.K., the first book won the Red House Children's Book Award and the Kurt Maschler Award. [3] [4] The second book won the 1991 Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration. [5] Summary [ edit ] The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters is an interactive children's picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The innovative project required five years to complete, and much discussion with both the publisher Heinemann and the printer before it was issued in 1986. The first subject heading assigned by WorldCat is "Toy and movable books". Little, Brown published a U.S. edition in the same year. Following The Jolly Postman's success, the Ahlbergs and Heinemann produced two sequels. The latter, third in the series, was published after Janet's death in 1994. For the second book, The Jolly Christmas Postman, she won her second Kate Greenaway Medal. [5]The Jolly Postman follows an unnamed mail carrier as he delivers letters by bicycle to characters from traditional children's stories that are well known in Britain. Following each sheet of narrative verse and illustration, there is one shaped like an envelope and containing one of the postman's deliveries. Each envelope is opened and its enclosure read at that point in the story. Make a list of where people in the class have been on holiday. Can you find the places on a map? Did you send a postcard?

There is reference throughout to traditional tales which could be explored at the teacher's discretion. There are nursery rhymes which match to some of theses tales which could be sung in addition to a story time. (e.g. 'Little Miss Moffat' and 'Mary, Mary, quite contrary') Make a class version of the book by splitting into groups, so that each group can make one section. Use the bicycle to investigate pushes and pulls. How does a bicycle work? What about a scooter? Encourage the children to describe the pushes and pulls involved.

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Bring in a selection of different types of mail. What are they for? Sort them into different types. Are any of them the same type of letter as the ones in the book? Plan a party and work out problems such as; “how many buns will we need if 4 people are coming and they want 2 buns each?” Write your own letters, postcards and invitations to the characters in the book, or perhaps characters from other traditional tales.