Mail by the Pail (Great Lakes Books Series)
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Rating | : | 4.60 (797 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0814328903 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-10-23 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Postal Service marine post office in Detroit -the only mailboat that delivers mail to freighters while they are moving.The colorful pictures and expressive words in Mail by the Pail will interest young readers as well as anyone living in the states that border the Great Lakes.. Mary's father is a sailor who works on a lake freighter called the Big Laker. Westcott Company operates the mailboat for the U.S. In the port city of Manistee on the coast of Lake Michigan lives a girl named Mary. Her father gets his mail by a pail!This is a delightful story that illustrates the mail delivery system for Great Lakes freighters. W. But Mary's card can't be delivered by a mail carrier like other letters. The J. The Big Laker delivers iron, stone, and coal to the many cities along the Great Lakes. Mary's father will not be home this year for his birthday and Mary wants to send him a card
Colin Bergel is a merchant marine deck officer on the Great Lakes and works for the Oglebay Norton Company. When he is not sailing he lives with his family in Manistee, Michigan. This is his first children's book.Mark Koenig illustrated Our Michigan Adventure (Hillsdale Publishing, 1999) and has also illustrated a poster for the city of Manistee. He works in the paper industry and lives with his family in Manistee, Michigan.
Book Great pictures an good graphics. Condition was better than expected.Mail by the pail was very well written and illustrated. Packaging greatThanks Jan. Wonderful Book Gwendolyn Buchanan This is a beautiful book, it is well written and extremely accurate. The book tells a story about a young girl who wants to send her father a birthday card. Her father works as a sailor aboard a Great Lakes freighter and she is happy to learn that a boat in Detroit, Michigan delivers U.S. Ma. Great Story, Beautiful Illustrations If you are looking for a gift book that someone will remember, this is it. This is the kind of book that imparts information in a clever and entertaining way. Readers learn about mail delivery to the Great Lakes freighters, while enjoying the heartwarming story of a little girl sending her D
The J. Mary's father will not be home this year for his birthday and Mary wants to send him a card. Postal Service marine post office in Detroit —the only mailboat that delivers mail to freighters while they are moving. The Big Laker delivers iron, stone, and coal to the many cities along the Great Lakes. But Mary's card can't be delivered by a mail carrier like other letters. Westcott Company operates the mailboat for the U.S. W. The colorful pictures and expressive words in "Mail by the Pail" will interest young readers as well as anyone living in the states that border the Great Lakes. . Her father gets his mail by a pail! This is a delightful story that illustrates the mail delivery system for Great Lakes f