Letters From The Fairies vs Wunderkammer Dispatch

Where they differ

Both are letters, art & prints and nature clubs. Wunderkammer Dispatch also covers science; Letters From The Fairies stays narrower.

Letters From The Fairies is the cheaper of the two — A$14.00/mo against $16/mo, roughly 43% less on a monthly basis. Whether that gap means anything depends on what turns up: the dearer club is not automatically sending more, and on a gift the up-front total matters more than the monthly figure.

What each one sends

Letters From The Fairies

A hand-illustrated letter written as if from a fairy, mailed on the 1st, covering fairy habitats, nature and animals. The letters are not addressed to the child by name inside — they open with a general greeting. Separate personalized birthday, comfort and tooth-fairy letters are sold apart from the subscription. Most popular with ages five to nine.

Wunderkammer Dispatch

A monthly illustrated dispatch from children's book author and illustrator Elaine W. Duree, combining pre-1930 master artwork, original natural science paintings, tactile watercolor practice sheets and historical stories. A cabinet-of-curiosities format rather than a continuing story.

Which one to pick

We are not going to pretend there is a winner here — they are close enough to be on the same shortlist, which is why this page exists. What we would say is that the choice usually turns on the household rather than the club: how much adult time there is, whether the child reads independently yet, and whether you want post that asks something of them or post that simply arrives.

Read the full listings before deciding, and follow through to each club's own site — prices, terms and gift options are theirs to change and ours only to record.