The Post Office Book - by Gail Gibbons (Paperback)

About the Book

A step-by-step description of what happens to mail from the time it's deposited in the mailbox to its arrival at its destination. Also includes brief historical facts about mail service in the United States.

Book Synopsis

Learn where our mail goes and how it gets there in this classic nonfiction picture book by Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award winner Gail Gibbons.

Do you ever mail a letter and wonder what happens to it after you drop it in the box?

Read all about the post office and learn how letters are weighed, sorted, transported, culled, canceled, coded, binned, boxed, and sorted once again.

Find out how people and machines work together to deliver the letters you send.

From the Back Cover

Do you ever mail a letter and wonder what happens to its after you drop it in the box? Read all about the post office and learn how letters are weighed, sorted, transported, culled, canceled, coded, binned, boxed, and sorted once again. Find out how people and machines work together to deliver the letters you send.

Review Quotes

"Another winner by Gail Gibbons." - School Library Journal
"Bright and cheerful. Stamp the book first class." - New York Times
"Orderly, brisk description of the way the post office moves the mail. Informative and interestingly presented." - Booklist