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We Love These Reviews by Kids!
Read more →Here at Mail Order Mystery we love things that are by kids, for kids. So it’s no surprise that we love our two most recent reviews, both of them by kids. This is Agent Doomking, aka Mitchell Cook. He is the editor of iGen21, a fantastic online magazine with kid contributors from all over the world. In the latest issue he reviewed Spies, Lies and Serious Bad Guys.Here are some excerpts:Week two: “I checked the mail every day waiting for my next letter from S.H.O.E. I once checked it four times, once at midnight.”Week three: “Scrabble’s fun, but not when it’s used...
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Hey Grown-Ups: It’s Not Too Late!
Read more →When we were kids summer seemed to go on forever. Remember? That glorious combination of kid time stretching out endlessly and the exquisite boredom of long, aimless days.Kids have way more structure in their summers than we used to. The days of “go outside and play and come home when the streetlights go on” are from a bygone era. But kids’ sense of time still stretches out like evening shadows, and for them summer is long and full of possibility.For us grown-ups summer flies by so fast it’s almost cruel. But it’s not too late for the kids. There’s...
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Knock Knock. Who’s There?
Read more →Knock Knock. Who’s there?Boo hoo.Boo hoo who?Don’t cry. It’s only us, and we’re here to turn that frown upside down with some knee-slappers for International Joke Day. It’s this Sunday and we want to make sure you’re ready. We’ve plundered the vaults of our top secret spy school questionnaires for some of our favourite kid jokes.These questionnaires are our favourite part of the Spies, Lies and Serious Bad Guys mystery. Our Junior agents-in-training receive them with their spy school welcome package. They fill them out and send them back to us with answers to various questions like: “How many push-ups can you...
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Hand Over That Letter Mr. Bones!
Read more →One of the great things about a Mail Order Mystery is getting stuff in the mail. Kids love checking the mailbox to see if their next letter has arrived. But you know what’s even better? Checking the bony clutches of this here skeleton pirate, yaar. Shiver me timbers! It’s Mr. Bones and it looks like he’s gotten hold of a very important message!Summer plans can be complicated. This is why we have options for you. If you have special requests for how you would like your Mail Order Mystery shipped - like holding your mystery for a few weeks while you...
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Keep Your Kids in Shape This Summer
Read more →We all know that the term “lazy days of summer” came about for good reason. Summer is the best time to lounge around and catch up on sleep. But experts warn that kids can lose a significant amount of learning over the holidays, which is why they should keep their brains in shape. Mail Order Mysteries are great for keeping brains in shape with puzzles to solve and plots to ponder. But Mail Order Mysteries can be great for keeping bodies in shape too! In the Enchanted Slumber mystery kids are gifted a noble mission by a not-so-noble (by...
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Looking For a Tech-Free Summer Adventure?
Read more →When we first started Mail Order Mystery we asked ourselves “What is the best way to make these mysteries interactive?” Well, using the internet would be an easy answer. But we felt strongly that we did not want to do this. We’ve all seen the numbers. The average 8 - 12 year old spends four and a half hours on screens a day. They spend less time outside than prisoners. They don’t get enough sleep. In one study kids could do whatever they wanted for a weekend as long as it did not involve screens and many of them were...