The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters

Themes:   Fairy tales 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: Reading and talking about the content of different types of texts. This is a rhyming story which encourages students to explore pronunciation patterns in English. In addition, this book can be used as a model for beginning to write simple texts like letters.  

Author and publisher:  Janet & Allan Ahlberg, Puffin Books 

Summary:   On his daily round, the Jolly Postman delivers letters to characters in different familiar fairy tales like The Three Bears and Cinderella. The book contains six pull-out letters from other fairy tale characters, for instance, a letter from Goldilocks to The Three Bears in which she apologies for having eaten Baby bear’s porridge. This is a rhyming tale, and the illustrations are detailed with many recognisable elements from the fairy tales.  

Suitable for students in years:  3-4 

Tags: Fairy tales
Published Oct. 4, 2021 3:42 PM - Last modified Sep. 20, 2022 2:32 PM