The Jolly Postman
1986 interactive children's picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters is an interactive children's picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The innovative project required five years to complete, and much discussion with both the publisher Heinemann and the printer before it was issued in 1986. The first subject heading assigned by WorldCat is "Toy and movable books". Little, Brown published a U.S. edition in the same year.
Author | Janet and Allan Ahlberg |
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Illustrator | Janet Ahlberg |
Cover artist | Janet Ahlberg |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | The Jolly Postman |
Genre | Children's picture book, verse short story |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1986 |
Media type | Print (hardcover movable) |
Pages | 48 pages, envelopes, and enclosures |
ISBN | 0-434-92515-2 |
OCLC | 59229153 |
LC Class | PZ8.3.A278 Jo 1986[1] |
Followed by | The Jolly Christmas Postman, The Jolly Pocket Postman |
The Jolly Postman has sold more than six million copies, Allan Ahlberg told The Guardian in 2006. It made innovative use of envelopes to include letters, cards, games and a tiny book.[2]
Alternatively, The Jolly Postman is a series of three books including 1991 and 1995 sequels to The Jolly Postman, or Other people's letters. In the U.K., the first book won the Red House Children's Book Award and the Kurt Maschler Award.[3][4] The second book won the 1991 Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration.[5]