The Jolly Postman (1986)

In this book, we follow a postman through the land of all fairy tales as he delivers letters. From Hansel and Gretal, to Cinderella, to the Big Bad Wolf... each one has a letter to read. These letters each come in their own envelopes. This is such a fun book to share with children because it is interactive and tells funny side stories to their favorite fairytales and characters. Written in partial rhyme, it has a sing-song ring to it that makes fun to read. ( )

This picture book that is about a Postman delivering letters to recognisable fairytale characters. Each character of the story receives a letter. I enjoyed this book and realized how great it was for children. The book catches my attention throughout with its the humour, rhyming of the words, short sentences, beautiful illustrations and the interactive aspect. The use of the fairytale characters is fantastic as they’re familiar to children and entertaining.

Such a cute twist on old fairy tales. This book follows a postman as he delivers mail to poplar children's books characters. Love how they made old fairy tales current by using a postman. ( )

The postman delivers the mail to many of the traditional storytime characters. The illustrations are done in lovely pastel watercolors but the funnest part of the book are the letters themselves. This is an epistolary story and as such there are actual epistles that one pulls out of envelopes that are part of the pages. Each epistle is appropriate for each character and range from a birthday card to a catalog. The story reading level is age appropriate for K-3 but the epistles can, at times, be beyond age level which are easily understandable with a little adult explanation. Children will love seeing their traditional storytime characters talking to each other like Red Riding Hood's Wolf or the Giant from Jack and the Beanstalk. Highly Recommended. ( )

The jolly postman delivers letters to many of the popular fairy tale characters. Students would enjoy reading this book because of the cool envelope pull outs with the letters written on them. I certainly enjoyed pulling out the letters and reading them. ( )