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Thank you for your interest in Letterbox Club. Here you’ll find examples of what you might find inside a Letterbox Club parcel, including letters from past and current Letterbox authors and extracts and reviews of some of the types of books you might find.

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  • Bunnies in a Boat

    by Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Ben Mantle 

    2022 0 to years 

    • Adventure
    • Funny
    • Picture books
    • Poetry and rhyme

    Follow a group of bunnies as they cause choas around the bay in Sunny Town.

  • WOW! Said the Owl

    by Tim Hopgood 

    2016 2 to 7 years 

    • Board books

    Everyone knows that owls are nocturnal but one curious little owl decides to take a long nap at night so she can stay awake during the day.

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  • Dinos Don’t Give Up!

    by Smriti Halls, illustrated by Richard Merritt 

    2022 2 to 4 years 

    • Picture books

    Dinah the Diplodocus is a bit of a star: she finds everything easy, from baking to learning the alphabet. And, even though Dinah always wins at everything, she also has tons of friends because she’s nice enough to help others out when they don’t understand something, and she cheers them on when they do.

  • Wanna see A Llama?

    by Simon Philip, illustrated by Ian Smith 

    2024 4 to 7 years 

    • Interactive
    • Non-fiction
    • Picture books

    Two children are out and about in a city, looking for llamas. One of the children issupposedly a llama expert, but will the children find one? Funny and interactive.

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  • The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish

    by Chloe Savage 

    2022 5 to 14 years 

    • Adventure
    • Around the world
    • Funny
    • Picture books

    In this delightful picture book, scientist Dr Morley sets out to achieve her lifelong dream of finding the mysterious giant Arctic jellyfish. This is a creature that everyone talks about but no one has ever seen. Could it be real or is it just a myth?

  • Fox and Rabbit

    by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Gergely Dudas 

    2020 5 to 14 years 

    • Adventure
    • Comic books
    • Funny
    • Graphic novels
    • Short stories

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  • Croaky: Search for the Sasquatch

    by Matty Long 

    2024 5 to 9 years 

    • Adventure
    • Chapter books
    • Funny

    Croaky Hopper is a frog who’s keen for adventure. So he’s thrilled to go on a Woggle Scouts camping trip. But will they find the mysterious Sasquatch? Colourful, funny and full of action. 

  • Woodland Explorers Club: Benji’s Emerald King

    by Ewa Jozefkowicz, illustrated by Gillian Flint 

    2024 5 to 9 years 

    • Adventure
    • Chapter books

    When Benji and his friends discover a damaged oak tree in Willow Wish Woods, they form the Woodland Explorers Club and vow to protect the forest and its inhabitants. Celebrating friendship, teamwork and caring for the environment, this magical, nature-inspired mystery contains a wealth of interesting wildlife facts. 

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  • Rex: Dinosaur in Disguise

    by Elys Dolan 

    2022 5 to 14 years 

    • Adventure
    • Chapter books
    • Funny

    For millions of years, Rex the dinosaur has been frozen in a block of ice. As the planet gets warmer, the ice thaws, releasing him into the modern world, which has changed beyond all recognition since the Cretaceous Period. Confused and alone, Rex wanders around the natural history museum in search of fellow dinosaurs but is appalled when he finds fossilised bones rather than living creatures.

  • Space Detectives

    by Mark Powers, illustrated by Dapo Adeola 

    2021 5 to 14 years 

    • Adventure
    • Chapter books
    • Funny
    • Science fiction

    A summer holiday job selling ice cream aboard the exotic space station of Starville turns into a race against time to avoid a catastrophic collision with the moon. Bring on the Space Detectives!

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  • The World’s First Rollercoaster and Other Amazing Inventions

    by Mike Barfield, illustrated by Franziska Höllbacher 

    2024 7 to 11 years 

    • Comic books
    • Funny
    • Non-fiction

    Find out the stories behind some of the world’s most important inventions in this funny, comic style, illustrated non-fiction book. 

  • Max and the Millions

    by Ross Montgomery 

    2018 5 to 14 years 

    • Adventure
    • Fantasy
    • Deafness
    • Disability

    When a school caretaker mysteriously disappears, leaving behind a small pile of sand, a student is drawn into an extraordinary adventure. Alongside the delightfully daft plot, Montgomery successfully touches on topics such as assumptions about deafness.