Send It!

by Don Carter

Young transport fans can follow a package across country by truck, train, plane and ship in this bright companion to Get to Work Trucks! Beginning on Monday ("Wrap it....Mail it!") the story is propelled through the days of the week by simple verbs ("Lift it....push it...careful with it!") and illustrated with irresistible paint-and-plaster artwork.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Transport

24 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 2003

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Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very simple book that reviews days of the week while showing how a package moves from one child to another. I think it is the kind of thing that is fun for kids to think about, so while the book itself is not earth-shatteringly interesting, I thought it was worth including in a preschool storytime.

[Stephanie Watson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very simple text and illustration shows how a package goes (or could go, there's no way a package would go through every single step depicted) through the mail system over the course of a week. My son was charmed.

[Alyssa Muzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains very simple and minimalistic words describing the days of the week while showing how a package moves from one child to another. This would be a fun book for students to read to introduce them the idea of how mailing objects/things work in the world.

[Pamela Groseclose]

Great for storytime!

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm 3.5 stars? It went over pretty well with my pre-kinderpgarten/kindergarten class, but it just really lacks engaging details to carry it through, and the contents of the box at the end are frankly a letdown. Way too cyclical. If it contained something more interesting, and clues to the contents were dispersed throughout, this would be a way more engaging read. Fortunately, I had a fun activity for the end of it, which made it feel like a not entirely pointless story time exercise. Even so, jeesh, I read this with the 1st graders hoping to do the same activity afterwards and they were pretty much bored to tears and wanted nothing to do with the post office afterwards. I did not blame them.

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Valentine's is about PRESENTS!

Suppose someone wants to send you a gift. How does it get to your house?
The collage illustrations and simple text recount how a package travels via USPS through the days of the week.

If using two story performers, one says the days of the week and mimes some of the actions suggested in the text--encouraging the group to make the actions too. The other performer reads the actions.

Example:
Voice one: MONDAY (and now mime the following verbs)
Voice two: Wrap it. Tape it. Address it.

At the story's end be sure to invite the children to call and say "THANK YOU" for it!

[Miss Pippi the Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A package is sent on a journey to someone's birthday party. It's a book focusing on moving verbs, transportation, and days of the week with mail as the main theme. The text is very simple and few. It worked very well with the little ones at storytime, but it would not hold the attention of older children. The illustrations are very unique - pictures of 3-D paintings. This book paired well with a days of the week song and counting to seven because there are seven days in a week. It was also fun to have small Q & A moments about the vehicles in the book.

2015 Theme: Mail

Reviewed from a library copy.

[Ciera · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet story about the steps in which different transportation is used to send a package. Cute pictures I believe made from foam, that gave the book a nice touch. A good story to read for a first time post office visit, or even when your child wants to send a package to a friend. Simple, yet a good education read, possibly to a child that takes interest in cars, trucks, planes, etc...

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting illustrations made from foam board, drywall compound, and acrylic paint. Very, very short story of a package being sent on different vehicles before it arrives at the birthday boy's house. Perfect for story time on the post office.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great, simple story of a package through the mail that uses all kinds of transportation.

[571 · Rating 1 out of 5]

PreS-K?
a simple story about the process a mailed pkg goes thru beginning on Monday, ending on Sunday. contains odd phrases like "truck it!"

[Michelle Farella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute picture book on a topic that kids like, includes trains, planes, trucks ships. Good boy book. Might be a better third book than a second in PS ST

[Mary Luzader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Days of the week
Transportation