Mailing May Author:Michael O. Tunnell, Ted Rand (Illustrator) 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 story ... more »of how May got to visit her grandma, thanks to her own spunk, her father's ingenuity, and the U.S. mail.« less
This is a wonderful story with illustrations that add to the story. I love that it's based on a true event and that some of the actual facts are included at the end of the book.