postal service

A boy and his dad walk past a doctor's office, a post office, a library, and a barber shop.

Explores eight human service jobs and lists typical job duties and identifies where and how to receive the necessary education and training.

Presents an introduction to postal workers, in simple text with illustrations, describing how the collect, sort, and deliver mail.

Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.

Simple text and photograhs describe what happens to the letters that are mailed and what the postal service is.

While visiting the Pony Express exhibit at the National Postal Museum, Kevin travels back in time and becomes Warren Upson, a famous rider with a difficult route.

Simple text and photograhs describe what happens to the letters that are mailed and what the postal service is.

An introduction to postal services that describes post offices and people who work in them and discusses mail processing, addressing an envelope, and different ways mail is delivered.

Readers learn about the post office in their community while learning vocabulary words.