My Little Sports Fan vs The Max Letters

Where they differ

Both are letters clubs. Past that they pull apart: My Little Sports Fan also covers activities, while The Max Letters adds books & magazines.

On price there is effectively nothing in it — $12.99/mo against $13/mo, which works out within a dollar a month of each other. Price is not the deciding factor here.

They arrive on different rhythms. My Little Sports Fan comes monthly; The Max Letters comes twice a month. More frequent post is not automatically better — it is more to keep up with, and for some children the wait is part of it.

The Max Letters addresses the post to the child by name; My Little Sports Fan does not. That sounds minor and it is the detail people mention most often — the envelope being visibly theirs is most of the appeal for a younger child.

What each one sends

My Little Sports Fan

Monthly handmade mail for children starting to play organized sports, built around teamwork and character rather than teams and statistics. Ships from the US to more than 195 countries.

The Max Letters

A year-long illustrated fantasy story told across 24 chapter letters, mailed on the 14th and 28th. Each letter runs two to three pages printed front and back, with inserts such as map pieces. Four separate story lines are offered, and subscribers get a PDF of conversation prompts.

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.