✦ a little letter from a magical friend

Meet Prickly

A shy little hedgehog who lives in a hawthorn hedge — and writes to children every month.

✦ A letter · a hand-drawn picture · a little treasure · wax-sealed, every month

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Prickly, Buzzy, the squirrel and the owl building a snowman together in the snow

Christmas with Prickly

Three letters. Three woodland adventures, leading all the way to Christmas Eve. Sent together as one cosy package, so you can open and share them however and whenever suits your family this Christmas.

A6 art print · A personalised letter · Stickers · A question for them

In this first letter, Prickly and his friends build a snowman together in the first proper snow of the year. Before it’s finished, Prickly runs home for something of his own to keep it warm, and by the end, the snowman has a name.

Christmas Letters — £29.95 Christmas cards & prints →

Order now and your letters will be posted within a few days. To arrive before Christmas, please order by 13 December in the UK, 1 December for Europe, the USA and Canada, or 27 November everywhere else. I’ll be in touch personally once your letters are on their way.

✦ post from beyond the ordinary woods ✦

Meet the Woodland Friends

The woods are full of people you haven't met yet. Here's who Prickly writes home about.

Prickly

A shy hedgehog who lives in a hawthorn hedge. Collects wild berries, drinks lavender tea, and writes to a new friend every month.

Buzzy

Prickly's very first friend. Makes flower-pollen tea, keeps the garden, and was the first to ever knock on his door.

Hoo-t the Owl

Wise, quiet, and always awake when the fireflies come out. Listens more than she talks, and always has time for tea.

Hazel the Squirrel

Busy, warm-hearted, and always gathering something.

✦ a little game ✦

Which Woodland Friend Are You?

It's a rainy afternoon. What are you doing?

✦ write back ✦

Leave a little note for Prickly

Not a subscriber question, just a hello. I read every one. Read Prickly’s replies →

meet your child's new friend

A little hedgehog with
a great big heart.

Prickly is a shy hedgehog who lives in a hawthorn hedge. He's a bit nervous of new things, but he's been looking for someone to write to. Every month he sends a little letter — about his day, the small things he's noticed, and a story or two from the forest.

Prickly

the hedgehog

"Dear little friend... I've never written a letter before. But I thought I'd try."

Prickly by the fireside with a letter — Prickly by the fireside

what arrives in the post

A little envelope of magic.

Every month, hand-drawn and wax-sealed, addressed to your little one.

Tap the envelope to open it

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A magical letter from Prickly
handwritten · addressed to your child by name
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A story from the forest
a small adventure Prickly has been on this month
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A hand-drawn picture
something Prickly has seen — to keep, frame, or stick on the wall
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A little treasure
a little natural treasure — something small Prickly found on his travels
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A drawing activity
something for your little one to draw or colour in
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A wax-sealed envelope
a tiny paw print stamped in gold

Read Prickly’s first letter →

✦ original prickly prints

Take Prickly home with you.
Or just send one as a gift.

Hand-drawn original illustrations of Prickly's world. Printed on textured A5 art paper, signed by Emily. £20 each, postage included, posted from London.

Prickly swimming with three otters, Buzzy resting on a picnic blanket by the lake

Prickly pours tea in a firefly-lit meadow while the owl watches from a moonlit branch

loved by little ones

A little wall of letters back to us

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"My daughter and I wrote our letter to the woodland one morning, and that same afternoon your reply arrived. She loved the stickers, and it felt so magical — by a lovely coincidence we'd just been having our own little tea party with her toys!"

— a happy mum

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"My nephew lives several states away. He loves the new addition of Prickly and learning about his adventures — my sister sends me videos of how excited he is to check the mail."

— a DLT Kids aunt

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"Before her letter had even arrived, we went to some nearby bushland and my daughter wrote her own letter to the forest. The next day, when the real one came, we had a little tea party of our own and placed it next to the teapot — she was thrilled, and went straight off to draw pictures back."

— a mum in Australia

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"I have received the beautiful prints today. Everything with the shipping worked perfectly and we'll be happy to have your artwork at home for years to come."

— a family in Canada

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✦ this actually happened ✦

What happens when Prickly writes?

A mum wrote to tell me her four-year-old daughter got her first letter from Prickly on a Sunday.

In the letter, Prickly had invited her to write back to him — to the woodland, with the help of a bee called Buzzy who fetches the post.

That same Sunday morning, before the letter had even arrived, her daughter sat down and wrote her own letter to the woodland — thanking it for the trees, the plants, and the animals. They walked out to their garden, which backs onto real woodland, and posted it into the trees.

That afternoon, Prickly's letter arrived. The little girl had spent the morning having a tea party with her stuffed animals.

Prickly's letter was all about him having his first ever tea party, with a bee.

Neither of them knew what the other was doing.

Snail mail still does something nothing else can.