Mailing May

Nowadays it's no big deal or a girl to travel seventy-five miles. But when Charlotte May Pierstorff wanted to cross seventy-five miles of Idaho mountains to see her grandma in 1914, it was a very big deal indeed. There was no highway except the railroad, and a train ticket would have cost her parents a full day's pay.

Here is the true story of how May got to visit her grandma, thanks to her won spunk, her father's ingenuity, and the U.S. mail.

00-01 CA Young Reader Medal Masterlist and 01 Colorado Children's Book Award (Pic. Bk Cat.)

Author: Michael O. Tunnell
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 9.20h x 11.02w x 0.12d
ISBN: 9780064437240

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 20671 / Mailing May

Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/31/2000 pg. 97

About the Author
Rand, Ted: - Ted Rand, illustrator of Mailing May and Don't Forget.Tunnell, Michael O.: - A heartwarming period piece based on a true incident, lovingly told, beautifully illustrated, raved The New York Times Book Review of Michael O. Tunnell's Mailing May, illustrated by Ted Rand, which was also honored as a 1998 ALA Notable Book. The author of five picture books, two chapter books, two novels, and one documentary, Mike teaches children's literature at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He and his wife, Glenna, have four children and two grandchildren.