Mary Meinking - Our Post Office

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ISBN 978-1-9771-1264-4 (library binding)

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Summary: The post office is an important place in our community. Many community helpers work at thepost office. Readers will learn about who works at a post office, what the workers do, and what makes apost office special. Simple, at-level text and vibrant photos help readers learn all about the post office.

Editorial Credits

Editor: Mari Schuh; Designers: Kay Fraser and Ashlee Suker; Media Researcher: Eric Gohl; ProductionSpecialist: Katy LaVigne

Photo Credits

Alamy: David R. Frazier Photolibrary, Inc., 7; iStockphoto: PeopleImages, cover; Newscom: KRT/BethBalbierz, 11, MCT/Fred Blocher, 13, picture-alliance/dpa/Roland Weihrauch, 19, UPI/Kevin Dietsch,9, ZUMA Press/Hans Gutknecht, 15, ZUMA Press/Paul Rodriguez, 21, ZUMA Press/Taylor Jones, 17;Shutterstock: Album No.8, 23, Alexxndr, 2 (notebooks), Anatoliy Sadovskiy, 22 (left), Arina P Habich,2 (post office boxes), Betelgejze, 3, jooh, back cover, Ken Wolter, 5, Naeblys, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20,Quang Ho, 22 (right), Rocketclips, Inc., 1, v74, 24

Note to Parents and Teachers

The Places in Our Community set supports national social studies standards relatedto people, places, and environments. This book describes and illustrates a post officeand the people who work there. The images support early readers in understandingthe text. The repetition of words and phrases helps early readers learn new words.This book also introduces early readers to subject-specific vocabulary words, whichare defined in the Glossary section. Early readers may need assistance to read somewords and to use the Table of Contents, Glossary, Read More, Internet Sites, CriticalThinking Questions, and Index sections of the book.

All internet sites appearing in back matter were available and accurate when this book was sent to press.

Table of Contents

Lets Visit a Post Office!

Wouldnt it be fun to choosesome colorful stamps? You canuse them to send cards to friends.People buy stamps and send mailat a post office. Lets go!

Who Works at a Post Office?

A postal clerk stands and worksat the counter. He helps peoplesend out and pick up mail.The clerk sells stampsand mailing supplies.

A mail sorter uses a machineto sort the mail by zip codes.A is a set of numbers.It tells the mail carrierwhere to take the mail.

A mail carrier every day. Some mail carriersdrive a truck. Others walkand carry a bag of mail.

Post Offices Are Busy Places

Trucks arrive at the post officeearly in the morning. They bring

A mail carrier takes the mailand begins his route.Along his route, he picks upletters to be mailed. He bringsthe letters to the post office.

People come to the post officeto mail items. They buy stampsfor sending cards and letters.Heavy packages may needspecial

Some people pick uptheir own mail. It is placedin a box at the post office.The locked box is calleda post office box.

Working Together

Post office workers are a team.They work together

to deliver letters and packages.The post office serves everyone!