Celebrate the twentieth anniversary Allan Ahlberg’s award-winning, children’s picture book The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters! Children can take each colourful letter out of its envelope and discover for themselves what well-known fairy-tale characters are writing to one another.

The Jolly Postman has delivered the mail . . . what could possibly be in the letter from Goldilocks to the Three Bears? There is a message for the Wicked Witch . . . but who would write to her?

As the postage stamp says, this is ‘first-class’ fun for children everywhere.

Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children’s books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children’s picture books, including It was a Dark and Stormy Night, Funnybones, Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo!. The Jolly Christmas Postman is the seasonal sequel of, the Kate Greenaway Medal winning, The Jolly Postman is also available from Puffin.

JOLLY POSTMAN: Allan Ahlberg talks about inspiration for The Jolly Postman