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The Jolly Pocket Postman

by Allan Ahlberg · 1995

The Jolly Postman series

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Join the Jolly Postman with his mailbag of delightful deliveries for Dorothy from Oz, Alice from Wonderland, and other favorite storybook characters.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisfairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 19 pages
Form
epistolaryepistolaryMore like thisLess of thisrhymingrhymingMore like thisLess of this

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