Letter Writing and the Postal Service!

Title: Can I Be Your Dog?
By: Troy Cummings
Published: 2018

Arfy, a homeless mutt lives in a box in an alley. Arfy writes to every person on Butternut Street about what a great pet he'd make. Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: J Picture Cummi.T

Title: The Day the Crayons Quit
By: Drew Daywalt
Published: 2013

When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them. Age Range: 3 - 6 years

Call Number: JPicture Daywa.D

Title: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letter from Obedience School
By: Mark Teague
Published: 2003

A dog laments his fate at obedience school through a series of hilarious letters home. Age Range: 4 - 8 years

Call Number: JPicture Teagu.M (Also available in Spanish as Querida señora LaRue: Cartas desde la academia canina: Letters From Obedience School)

Title: Dear Primo: a Letter to my Cousin
By: Duncan Tonatiuh
Published: 2010

Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, at heart the boys are very similar. Age Range: 4 - 7 years

Call Number: JPicture Tonat.D (Also available in Spanish as Dear primo: Una carta para ti / a Letter to My Cousin)

Title: Earth to Clunk
By: Pam Smallcomb
Published: 2011

What do you send your alien pen pal Clunk to make it clear you do not want an alien pen pal? You send him your big sister. That'll teach Clunk to have a pen pal from Earth-or so our intrepid narrator thinks. Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: J Picture Small.P

Title: Herman's Letter
By: Tom Percival
Published: 2014

What do you do when your best friend in the whole wide world has to move a long way away? Promise to write to each other ALL the time and to stay best friends FOREVER, that’s what. But it’s easier said than done. Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: J Picture Perci.T

Title: The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman
By: Darcy Pattison
Published: 2003

Oliver's been spotted truckin' in Texas, riding in a Utah parade, and scaring off bears in the California redwoods. Where will he show up next? Read the letters. Follow the map. And buckle up for a road trip you'll never forget! Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: J Picture Patti.D

Title: A Letter to My Teacher
By: Deborah Hopkinson
Published: 2017

Dear Teacher, Whenever I had something to tell you, I tugged on your shirt and whispered in your ear. This time I'm writing a letter. So begins this picture book about a girl who prefers running and jumping to listening and learning and the teacher who gently inspires her. Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: J Picture Hopki.D

Title: Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds
By: Marianne Dubuc
Published: 2015

Mr. Postmouse has loaded up his wagon and is ready to deliver the mail. From the lofty heights of the Birds' tree houses to the inky depths of Mrs. Octopus's ship, the intrepid letter carrier lets nothing stand in the way of his deliveries.Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: J Picture Dubuc.M

Title: Pen Pal
By: Pam Munoz Ryan
Published: 2014

Award-winning author Pam Munoz Ryan creates an adventure starring Tony Baloney, a macaroni penguin. Tony Baloney is so excited to have a pen pal named Sam. They seem to like all of the same things. But Tony is in for a surprise when they finally meet! Age Range: 5 - 7 years

Call Number: JEasy Ryan.P

Title: XO, Ox: A Love Story
By: Adam Rex
Published: 2017

The hilarious tale of love between a hapless ox and a fabulous gazelle, told in correspondence. Age Range: 4-8 years

Call Number: J Picture Rex. A

Title: Jack Knight's Brave Flight; how one gutsy pilot saved the U.S. Air Mail
By: Jill Esbaum
Published: 2022

A gripping, edge-of-your-seat telling of the daring flight by one man to save air mail service in America. Don't miss it! Age Range: 7 - 10 years

Call Number: x383.144 Esbau.J

Title: Mail Carriers
By: Julie Murray
Published: 2016

Young readers will learn all about what mail carriers do, where they work, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images. Age Range: 3-6 years

Call Number: x383.145 Murra.J

Title: Post Office
By: Erica Donner
Published: 2018

Shares some of the things that happen at the post office, including sending letters, buying stamps, and getting packages.Age Range: 3-6 years

Call Number: x383 Donne.E

Title: You Can Write Great Letters and E-Mails
By: Jan Fields
Published: 2012

You can wish your cousin a happy birthday. You can share the latest news from school. You can ask your favorite basketball star for playing tips. You can write great letters and e-mails! Age Range: 7-10 years

Call Number: x808.6 Field.J

Title: Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind
By: Cynthia Grady
Published: 2017

A touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps. Using excerpts from children's letters held at the Japanese American National Museum, author Cynthia Grady presents a difficult subject with honesty and hope. Age Range: 7-10 years

Call Number: x 940.5317 Grady.C

Title: Molly Discovers Magic: (and then wants to un-discover it)
By: Megan Atwood
Published: 2017

Molly's having a string of good luck, while nothing is going right for her cross-country pen pal, Olive. The only explanation? There's MAGIC at work, and Molly's determined to get to the root of it and set the friendship back on track. A variety of types of correspondence and points-of-view that alternate from chapter to chapter offer a well-rounded look at the joys and challenges of a long-distance friendship. Age Range: 5-8 years

Call Number: J Chapter Atwoo.M

Title: Yours Sincerely, Giraffe
By: Megumi Iwasa
Published: 2017

Giraffe is bored, as usual. He'd love a friend to share things with. So he writes a letter and sends it as far as possible across the other side of the horizon. Age Range: 5-8 years

Call Number: J Chapter Iwasa.M

Title: Extra Credit
By: Andrew Clements
Published: 2009

Abby will have to repeat sixth grade, unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra-credit project to find a pen pal in a distant country. But as letters flow back and forth—between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of central Asia, across cultural and religious divides—a small group of children begin to speak and listen to one another. And in just a few short weeks, they make important discoveries about their communities, about their world, and most of all, about themselves. Age Range: 8-10 Years

Call Number: J Cleme.A

Title: Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
By: Sarah Kapit
Published: 2020

In this epistolary ("written in letters") middle grade novel, Vivy Cohen won't let autism stop her from playing baseball--not when she has a major-league pitcher as her pen pal. Age Range: 8-10 years

Call Number: J Kapit.S

Title: Same Sun Here
By: Silas House And Neela Vaswani
Published: 2013

In this extraordinary novel in two voices, an Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner’s son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles. Age Range: 8-10 years

Call Number: J House.S

Title: I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives
By: Caitlin Alifirenka
Published: 2016

It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. All the other kids picked countries like France or Germany, but when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe written on the board, it sounded like the most exotic place she had ever heard of--so she chose it. Age Range: 9-12 years

Call Number: x Biog Alifi.C Alifi.C