Mail by the Pail (Great Lakes Books) [Hardcover]

Colin Bergel (Author), Mark Koenig (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Great Lakes Books

The story of mail delivery to the Great Lakes freighters.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

In the port city of Manistee on the coast of Lake Michigan lives a girl named Mary. Mary's father is a sailor who works on a lake freighter called the Big Laker. 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. But Mary's card can't be delivered by a mail carrier like other letters. Her father gets his mail by a pail!

This is a delightful story that illustrates the mail delivery system for Great Lakes freighters. The J. W. Westcott Company operates the mailboat for the U.S. 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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814328903
• ISBN-13: 978-0814328903
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #317,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #50 in Books > Children's Books > Transportation > Boats & Ships

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Book, December 14, 2000

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Gwendolyn Buchanan (Lincoln Park, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mail by the Pail (Great Lakes Books) (Hardcover)

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. Mail to all ships passing Detroit. She sends his card and he receives it a few days later when his ship passes Detroit. The illustrations are also wonderfully done and very accurate. What I liked best about the story is that it is educational and emphasizes a strong family bond. I rated this book five stars and have bought several copies as Christmas presents and have donated a copy to my daughters school library.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story, Beautiful Illustrations, December 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Mail by the Pail (Great Lakes Books) (Hardcover)

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 Dad a birthday card while he is working on the freighters. The illustrations are beautiful, and really add to the story. This book should be in every school's library.