The Jolly Pocket Postman

Name: The Jolly Pocket Postman
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780670886265
Price: 32.0 NZD
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The interactive pocket-sized adventure

By Allan Ahlberg

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Summary

The Jolly Postman embarks on his third adventure, where an unexpected bump to the head causes him to shrink to the size of a postage stamp. As he navigates his miniature world, he visits a host of familiar characters, delivering letters both big and very small. This delightful story includes pull-out letters and a magnifying glass to enhance the reading experience.
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The Jolly Postman has a magical adventure in which he suffers Alice's fate and shrinks to the size of a postage stamp and meets lots of well-known characters before he is restored to his correct size and left wondering whether it was all a dream.

Description

The third adventure for the Jolly Postman, complete with envelopes and letters big and very small!

Once more the Jolly Postman rides - and flies - and shrinks!

This brilliant book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is the third adventure for the Jolly Postman, originally published in 1995 and now back in print! The Jolly Postman's morning is set off course when he suffers a bump to the head before he shrinks to the size of a postage stamp... and it just gets curiouser and curiouser!

Featuring a whole host of familiar characters, pull-out letters and a magnifying glass.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780670886265

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 September 1999

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Contributors:

Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg
Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 202.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 359g

Pages: 52

Collections

Activity Books and Kits Allan Ahlberg Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Penguin Books

About the Author

Janet and Allan Ahlberg created some of the world's most popular picture books, including EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN, both Greenaway Medal winners, and THE BABY'S CATALOGUE inspired by their daughter Jessica. Janet died in 1994 and Allan, a former teacher, now lives in London.

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