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This Is the Way to Make Reading Fun
Read more →Mail Order Mystery has a mission: to make reading fun. We want to make reading fun for kids who love to read, and fun for kids who don’t know yet that they love to read. But we’re not the only ones with this mission.Canada’s Forest of Reading Program is a massive, nation-wide recreational reading program started by the Ontario Library Association. It’s all about getting kids excited about reading, and we love it so much we just have to tell you about it.Each year, multiple copies of the best new kids books are sent to school libraries across the country....
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Mail Order Mysteries Make Awesome Grad Gifts
Read more →The expression “time flies” takes on a new meaning when you have kids. Time flies in all the little ways as you try to keep on top of the day-to-day: swimming lessons, doctor’s appointments, basketball try-outs, birthday parties, school lunches and so on.And time flies in the big ways, too. The years go by, one after the next. One moment you are dragging the stroller up the stairs, the next day your kids are rolling their eyes at you while they text.So, just a reminder, because we know you are in the middle of making lunches and folding laundry and...
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Wait, What?! REAL Yeti Footprints Found in the Himalayas!
Read more →We here at Mail Order Mystery love cryptozoology, otherwise known as the study of hidden animals. We’re talking Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Yeti...These are mysteries that are never really solved. For every piece of evidence that disproves their existence, another comes along to prove they really do exist. In this week’s breaking news, reported not by some obscure internet site but by NBC: Indian soldiers have discovered giant Yeti footprints in the snow around their basecamp in the Himalayan mountains.These footprints are huge - 32” long by 15” wide - and this is not the kind of location where someone could pull...
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A M.O.M. for Mom’s Day: Is It Too Late?
Read more →Dads want to know, is it too late to get Mom a Mail Order Mystery so she can sit down and spend some genuine one-on-one time with the kids? The answer is yes and no.Yes, it is too late if you want to surprise her with the first installment of a mystery for Mother’s Day. But it’s not too late if you want to print out a gift note announcing that a mystery is about to begin.We believe this is a far better option anyway, because Moms don’t always like surprises. Moms like a heads-up, they like to clear the deck, they...
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Why We Love Dungeons and Dragons
Read more →We love Dungeons and Dragons. Not to play - our kids gave up on trying to teach us after a few fraught hours. But we love it for our kids, and for so many reasons.When kids get together to play D&D they talk to each other. They really talk to each other, without looking down at their screens while they do it. They work together to solve problems. They participate in each other’s victories, defeats, miscalculations and mistakes in a way that requires empathy, tact, humour and the kind of nuanced social interaction that we fear our kids will never...
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It’s Not Too Late for a Mysterious Easter
Read more →Easter is just around the corner. And we know what a challenge it is to find gifts that are small enough to fit into those little baskets. You know what does fit perfectly into an Easter basket? A BUNNY! You know what else fits perfectly into an Easter basket? A MAIL ORDER MYSTERY!Sadly our household remains divided on the topic of bunny acquisition. Yours may be as well, which is why we recommend you go with the Mail Order Mystery. Mail Order Mysteries begin with a single, intriguing envelope that can tuck right into the fake purple straw between the...