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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 840L
Language
English
Description
A step-by-step description of what happens to mail from the time it is deposited in the mailbox to its arrival at its destination. Also includes brief historical facts about mail service in the United States.
2) Send it!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations describe a package as it makes its way across country, from the time it is wrapped and addressed until it is delivered and opened.
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Today, many people regard the postal service as an outdated method of notification. However, the U.S. postal service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the United States. The U.S. Constitution officially established this important institution, which traces its roots back to the Second Continental Congress in 1775. Without the postal service, many people would not be able to receive necessary correspondence. This title explores...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Discover the surprising role of the postal service in our nation's political, social, economic, and physical development. The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time it represented the government for most citizens. The post became the catalyst of the nation's transportation grid, from the stagecoach lines to the airlines, and the lifeline of the great migration from...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
""In America, one of the first things done in a new State is to have the mail come."--Alexis de Toqueville, 1835 Who's Got Mail? is an intriguing and fact-filled look at how the mail has been delivered in the U.S. since the Constitution was signed. In the United States, the spread of the postal service went hand in hand with the spread of democracy and transportation. As settlement spread west, communication became even more important to let distant...
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Series
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The U.S. Postal System is under assault. For decades, corporate interests and ideologues have sought to convert this invaluable public institution into yet another profit-driven corporation. In 2020, the attacks escalated. In the middle of a pandemic and a presidential election dependent on mail-in ballots, the newly installed postmaster, Louis DeJoy, disrupted postal operations by slowing down mail delivery, decreasing window hours, and removing...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Suzy Smith joins the troll-operated Impossible Postal Express, but she botches her first delivery by stealing a cursed snow globe containing a boy who claims there is a plot to take control of the Union of Impossible Places.
15) Hi!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
While waiting in line with her mother at the post office, Margarita greets the patrons who come in carrying different types of mail.
19) The Post Office
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Carleton library volume 154
Publisher
Carleton University Press
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English