In this bustling picture book, Mr. Postmouse carefully loads up his
wagon and sets off to make the day's mail deliveries to all the animals
on his route. Via cross-section drawings, readers get to peer inside
each home Mr. Postmouse stops at, and every one is different, depending
on the animals who live there. For example, there's a hole in the middle
of the kitchen floor of the Rabbits' home that leads underground to
where they sleep and eat. Mr. Snake's superlong home has heat lamps
throughout its length. The Birds live in a tree house, and Mrs. Octopus
in a sunken shipwreck. Mr. Bear's house has a beehive on the roof with
an attached pipe that brings honey straight into the kitchen.
Furnishings in Mrs. Fly's home are stuck to the ceiling.
Award-winning author and illustrator Marianne Dubuc is a master at
clever, specific details in her drawings to bring each fully imagined
animal and dwelling to life on the page. Though more whimsical and
tongue-in-cheek than true, this is a terrific book for teaching children
about the characteristics and diversity of animal life, including their
habitats, their needs, how they live and what they eat. And it's also
loads of fun. With so much going on across every spread, children will
love poring over the pages on their own, discovering something new every
time. Children are also likely to be inspired to create their own
made-up stories about what activities are going on in each of the
animal's homes in the book.
