Letter Carriers (The Child's World)

They deliver everything from bills to Christmas cards and brighten our day with their courtesy and care. Letter carriers help us communicate with people around the world and work in sunshine, rain, and snow to see to ensure that the mail arrives on time. Readers get a peek at this important profession and learn how the men and women who deliver the mail keep our community connected.

Kim was English. He was the son of Kimball O'Hara, a colour-sergeant with an Irish regiment stationed in India. But both of Kim's parents died, leaving him to grow up himself in the wonderful walled city of Lahore. Burned dark by the sun, speaking the native language, he lived on terms of perfect equality with beggars and holy men, policemen and water carriers. His nickname was "Little Friend of All the World". At thirteen, he led a life of perfect freedom and did nothing with immense success.