Life Lessons from the Great Heroes of History

Give your children better heroes to admire with true stories of history’s great heroes.

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Learn courage from Horatio Nelson

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Learn truthfulness from Abraham Lincoln

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Learn patience from Marcus Aurelius

The Problem

What has happened to our heroes?

Every civilisation tells stories about the return of the king. The king is an archetype of our highest nature. He represents the part of us that takes responsibility, protects the weak, serves a purpose greater than himself, and brings order to chaos.

Yet many children today are growing up in a world where true heroes are absent from their education and entertainment. They know celebrities and influencers, but rarely encounter the real men and women whose character shaped history.

The result is a generation with endless role models for fame, but too few role models for virtue.

The Solution

Letters for Little Heroes exists to inspire your child's highest nature.

Not a political king, but the timeless virtues that great heroes embodied: courage, justice, wisdom, perseverance, magnanimity, and service.

Through the stories of real heroes from history, children discover what human beings are capable of becoming.

Every letter is an invitation to meet a hero, learn a virtue, and awaken something noble within themselves.

Heroes show children what is possible. Letters for Little Heroes helps bring those heroes back.
A Monthly Screen-Free Bonding Ritual

Each month, your child meets a hero worth becoming

Letters for Little Heroes helps parents raise children of good character through the timeless power of story.

Each month, families receive a beautifully illustrated letter telling the true story of a historical hero — and the virtue they embodied — so children can practise it at home.

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SCREEN-FREE FAMILY CONNECTION

The monthly tradition your child will remember forever.

Each month, a beautifully illustrated hero letter arrives through your door, creating a quiet moment to read together, talk together, and explore timeless virtues such as courage, wisdom, honesty, and resilience.

01 A real letter arrives in the post
02 You read a true hero story together
03 Your child discovers a virtue to practise
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Child reading a Little Heroes letter

The Wisdom Generation

Teach Your Child Wisdom in the Age of AI

In the age of artificial intelligence, knowledge is becoming abundant.

What will matter most is wisdom: the ability to make good decisions.

At Letters for Little Heroes, we believe the future belongs not to the children who know the most, but to the children who grow up with wisdom.

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GROWING COLLECTION

A library of heroes your child will return to for years.

Each month introduces a new hero and a new virtue. Over time, your child builds a collection of inspiring stories, powerful lessons, and timeless role models.

⚓ Horatio Nelson 🎩 Abraham Lincoln 🏛 Marcus Aurelius 🛡️ Balian of Ibelin

With many more heroes still to come...

What You Get Each Month

Learn courage from Admiral Nelson. Tell the truth like Abraham Lincoln. Develop a Good Temper like Marcus Aurelius. Everything is designed to turn story into behaviour.

An illustrated Hero Letter

An Illustrated Hero Letter

The true story of history’s greatest heroes and the challenges they overcame.

A Virtue Card

A Virtue Card

An educational keepsake explaining the month’s virtue with examples and questions.

A Hero Fact Sheet

A Hero Fact Sheet

Curious quirks, surprising details, and facts that help each hero come alive.

A Virtue Lesson Plan

A Virtue Lesson Plan

A practical practice-at-home guide to bring the virtue to life.

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Hero Letter for just £1.99

A beautiful story by post. A quiet moment together. A simple way to begin raising children of character.

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📖 Screen-free story time
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Start building your child’s character today

Hero stories that can impact your child's character for a lifetime. Cancel anytime. Delivered monthly worldwide with Royal Mail.
1. Monthly Hero Letter
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1. Monthly Hero Letter

€9,95 €9,95
2. Six Month Cycle
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2. Six Month Cycle

€56,95 €56,95
3. Full 12-Month Cycle
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3. Full 12-Month Cycle

€105,95 €105,95

How it works

The Little Heroes SOME System for Character Formation

Simple enough to read & study together at home, each letter & lesson plan is designed to move a child through four stages of growth from inspiration and understanding to practice and permanent character.

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Study

Read the story, virtue card, & lesson plan

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Observe

Understand the virtue & its vices

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Model

Practice the virtue together

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Embody

Watch it become who they are

Why We Created Little Heroes

We're a small family business, founded by a Mother & Father who are lifelong readers. As parents to a boy and a girl, we wanted to create something magical to share our love of reading with them. Our favourite stories and characters have a moral core, like Lord of the Rings. So now we write the stories we wished existed that bring that magic into your home via the post. We hope to not only create joy, but form character, too.

— Matthew & Monica

Founders, Little Heroes

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What Families Say

Lucy Stevens

Lucy Stevens

Mother of two girls

We read the first letter tonight, about 'Horatio Nelson'. WOW the things we learned. The girls were hooked and the factsheet absolutely topped it for them. Such a great touch.
Grima Rodriguez

Grima Rodriguez

Mother of two sons

Perfect bedtime reading! As well as being a special moment of connection, the Hero Letters are helping my son develop his English & his character. We love them!
Abbie Wilkinson

Abbie Wilkinson

Mother of three

We loved the Horatio Nelson letter! From the beautiful illustrations to the wonderful writing my kids were engrossed. A fantastic way to make learning fun!
Laura Hofmann

Laura Hofmann

Mother of two boys

Teaching our children good character is so important to us as parents. And doing so by helping our children to read entertaining hero stories in english is perfect.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

We aim to send the letters so they arrive at the beginning of each month. The arrival of the letters is dependent upon the postal service and your location.

We post from the United Kingdom and the price, therefore, depends on your location. We aim to only charge the price of the stamp and nothing more. The cost is automatically calculated at checkout and added to the monthly cost of your subscription. We do everything we can to keep p&p costs as low as possible.

Our letters are designed for heroes and heroines.

We will deliver to wherever the post office will reliably send to. Some locations may, naturally, take longer to arrive than others.

We do not accept returns. However, if you are unhappy with the letters, you are free to cancel your subscription at any time.

You can cancel your subscription in the account management area of the website. You will find it in the navigation bar in the top left corner.