In this follow-up to the Ahlbergs' classic The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters, we follow our happy postman on his Christmas rounds in a fairytale town. All of our display materials, worksheets and colouring activities also come in a handy eco-friendly version, meaning that you can easily keep your printing costs to a minimum. Little hands will love opening the envelopes to read the post in this magical story, full of festive, fairy tale surprises! Each resource has been designed by real teachers, meaning that you can rest assured that they are suitable for KS1 children and in line with the standards and objectives of the National Curriculum. Make a postbox together out of a large cardboard box, if possible paint it red or cover in red crepe paper.

She won the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association - an award recognizing the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject - for Each Peach Pear Plum. They can pretend to be a postman, sort the mail and make deliveries to members of the family and perhaps to toys representing characters in the story. For a bumper pack of brilliant resources, have a look at our The Jolly Christmas Postman Teaching Resources. Find out what's on Humpty-Dumpty's get-well jigsaw and who has sent Red Riding Hood a board game for Christmas.Born as Janet Hall in Yorkshire in 1944, she studied at Sunderland Technical College, where she met Ahlberg. The book is written in rhyme and tells you about the people he delivers the letters to, all of whom are fairy tale characters such as little red riding hood and humpty dumpty. I loved pulling out the letters, games, mini books, and other surprised that are tucked into the pages.

Wonderful story of the Jolly Postman bringing Christmas letters to beloved fairy-stories' characters, with charming and fairly unexpected presents tucked in the envelopes as well.

All of these resources are also perfectly suited for use at home, whether as festive homework tasks or as part of home school lesson plans. Data Handling — Children can draw up a bar chart to record the different kinds of mail that the characters get. According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). I've checked the resource here and it's downloading properly for me - I'll send it over to you now so you'll be able to access it right away.