Books like The Lonely Mailman
By Susanna Isern
For the child who loves mail, secrets, and small kind gestures, this is a story about how much care can be folded into a simple letter. Gentle, quiet, and warm, with a touch of old-fashioned wonder.
A young Quaker boy on old Nantucket is trailed everywhere by a seagull he finds annoying — until the bird disappears on a cold winter day and Obadiah discovers he actually misses it.
A Japanese girl moving into a new house spots an American girl playing in the snow outside, and though neither speaks the other's language, they team up to build a snow creature together.
As night falls and the woods grow cold, a big bear loses his way on a crooked trail — so his friends take to the sky and ground until they find him and bring him safely home.
A veterinarian heading off to serve in World War I rescues a baby bear at a train station, names her Winnie after his hometown, and brings her along to war — a true story that leads all the way to a boy named Christopher Robin.
A friendly zookeeper who's always on time oversleeps and misses his bus, putting a surprise he planned for his animal friends in jeopardy — so they set out to help him.
A boy's tiny pet elephant gets turned away from the neighborhood Pet Club because he's too unusual — so the boy sets out to build a club where every strange, wonderful pet belongs.
On a snowy night, a girl finds a lost wolf cub while she herself is far from home, and the two must find a way back together.
A small creature tries everything to fit in with the others, but he's different and just doesn't belong — until a strange Something shows up wanting to be his friend.
A family meets a friendly stray dog at a picnic, names him Willy, and spends the whole afternoon playing with him — but saying goodbye turns out to be harder than they expect.
A gorilla with nearly everything he could want is still missing one thing — a friend — so his keepers try pairing him with a tiny kitten to see what happens.
A girl spends her best friend's last day in the neighborhood playing among moving boxes, watching the truck swallow up furniture and memories before saying a hard goodbye.
The most beautiful fish in the ocean has shimmering silver scales but no friends, until he learns to share what makes him special.
