Forget Lemony Snicket! These are the true "Letterboxing" books for children. John Bellairs has been called the Stephen King of juvenilte fiction and these books are wonderfully creepy! The Curse of the Blue Figurine features a BOOK that is actually a BOX! (reminded me of some letterboxes that I have found) Also, at the climax of the book, they are in Franconia Notch, NH! The White Mountains! WOW Someone really needs to hide a Blue Figurine Letterbox up that way.

Another Bellairs book, The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn has the hero solving a mysterious message to find a treasure! (Sounds an awful lot like letterboxing to me!) See if you can figure it out!

-Amanda from Seattle

Hi Amanda,

Was wondering if you can tell me what age group these books target. Our daughter loves to read and loves letterboxing. Perhaps I should hunt these books down for her.

Thanks for the tip. The more I think about it, I might have to get them for me to read ;o)

Silly ol Bear
of Red's Bunch

I think they are for about 3rd/4th grade. The characters are 11-13, I think. I think they are much better than the "Goosebumps" books that were so popular a couple of years ago with this age group. Plus, I also think they are books that would appeal to the adult reader as well, so you can share the experience, talk about the books together, etc.
--Amanda

Thanks for the info. Will have to get her some. She is in the 4th grade (9 yrs old). So they will be perfect.

Thanks again for the book suggestion. Santa's can cross one kid off the list ;o)

Silly ol Bear