LeVar takes a trip behind the scenes of the postal service where viewers are introduced to a dedicated staff who sort and deliver the mail. Letter writing is introduced as a basic communication that brings people closer together, and a young stamp collector shares his enthusiasm for stamps.

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Feature Book:

Hail to Mail

The simple act of mailing a letter becomes a trip spanning the entire world as a certified letter is followed in a humorous journey to its intended recipient.

Author: Samuel Marshak
Illustrator: Vladimir Radunsky
Publisher: GPN

Messages in the Mailbox: How to Write a Letter

Discusses the different kinds of letters, the parts of a letter, who can be a potential correspondent, and provides examples.

Author: Loreen Leedy
Illustrator: Loreen Leedy
Publisher: Holiday House

Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea

Stringbean Coe and his brother Fred describe their trip to the West Coast in a series of postcards.

Author: Vera B. Williams and Jennifer Williams
Publisher: Scholastic

The Jolly Postman

The Jolly Postman delivers letters back and forth between well-known fairy-tale characters. Readers can remove each letter from its own envelope and read what the characters have written to each other.

Author: Janet and Alan Ahlberg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin