Look what's arrived in my mailbox!
On Tues, Nov 2, I got a letter from a penpal in Nashville TN (who, incidentally, could be my twin in interests and personality), and a letter from a penpal in OH.
Along with her super cute letter, my Nashville friend sent me 2 seasonal teas to try!
And the letter from my Ohio friend had wonderful characters drawn on it!
On Wednesday the 3rd, I got this wonderful postcard of the Little Black Sambo story from Bev Sykes over at The Penpal Project. The postcards came from a restaurant in Santa Barbara, CA as a set of 8 with one telling the story and the other 7 illustrating.
When I was little, I had this version of the book:
I loved the part about how the tigers chased each other faster and faster until they all melted into butter. I think it's a shame that the book was given such a negative stigma with/involving racial slandering. I thought it was wonderfully told and illustrated and, as I was a child, I never understood any of the controversy of it. I have that copy still, packed up in my storage somewhere from our last move.
And now here is the outgoing:
Today I sent out Misty at Confessions of a Pen Thief's giveaway winnings, a letter to my OH penpal, a letter to a penpal in MO, and a postcard to help a student project.
I copied this about the postcard project from Bev Sykes' blog (see link above with Sambo postcard):
"His school is collecting postcards from around the country and around the world for their diversity/international day in the early spring. It doesn’t matter if they get multiples from each state, they're just trying to rock the class's world with the amount that Hunter can bring in!
So, if you wouldn’t mind sending a postcard to him, that would be great, I know we have people EVERYWHERE! Before taking them in to the school Kelly plans to put them all out together and take a picture, she says she’ll be sure to share the picture when they’re done. There is no set deadline, but she's thinking if you can do it between now and the end of November that would be best.
Hunter Johnson
8443 Sand Point Drive West
Jacksonville, FL 32244
Feel free to share his address with any friends and family you may have in other parts of the world as well, the more the merrier!"
That was all for Week 4. Write more letters, and I will see you at the mailbox!
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