1. Letters in Children’s Literature Tonja Root, Ed.D. Early Childhood & Reading Education Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 troot@valdosta.edu

2. Root, VSU2 Ahlberg, J., & Ahlberg, A. (1995). The jolly Christmas postman. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Ahlberg, J., & Ahlberg, A. (1995). The jolly pocket postman. London: Reed Consumer. Ahlberg, J., & Ahlberg, A. (1986). The jolly postman, or other people’s letters. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

3. Root, VSU3 Asch, F., & Vagin, V. (1992). Dear Brother. New York: Scholastic. Cherry, L. (1994). The armadillo from Amarillo. New York: Scholastic. Cleary, B. (1983). Dr. Mr. Henshaw. New York: Morrow. Cohen, M. (1978). Bee my valentine! New York: Greenwillow.

4. Root, VSU4 Granfield, M. (1998). Postcards talk. Markham, Ontario: Pembroke. Gray, L. M. (1993). Dear Willie Rudd,. New York: Aladdin. Hobbie, H. (1997). Toot and Puddle. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Hoban, L. (1976). Arthur’s pen pal. New York: Harper and Row.

5. Root, VSU5 James, S. (1991). Dear Mr. Blueberry. New York: Aladdin. Keats, E.J. (1968). A letter to Amy. New York: Harper Trophy. Leedy, L. (1991). Messages in the mailbox: How to write a letter. New York: Holiday House. Leedy, L. (1993). Postcards from Pluto: A tour of the solar system. New York: Scholastic.

6. Root, VSU6 Milne, A. A. (1998). Pooh’s letters from the Hundred Acre Wood. New York: Dutton. Nichol, B. (1993). Beethoven lives upstairs. New York: Orchard. Selway, M. (1994). Don’t forget to write. New York: Ideals. Stock, C. (1991). Secret valentine. New York: Bradbury.

7. Root, VSU7 Wild, M. (1991). Thank you, Santa. New York: Scholastic. Wilson-Max, K. (2002). A book of letters. New York: Scholastic.