Free adventure stories from Poppy Post — new adventures published on the 15th of every month. Each story comes with a free printable activity. No sign-up required. Just read.
Poppy's been
everywhere. Read along.
Free stories. Every month. For every kid.
- Ages 3–12
- Read in any order
A library of adventures. Completely free.
Poppy's Adventure Library is a growing collection of standalone adventure stories — published monthly, readable in any order, whether you're a MailDay member or not. Each story is complete on its own. No subscription required to read.
Every adventure connects to a theme, a location, and a feeling. Tide pools and wonder. Ancient forests and bravery. The arctic and stillness. Poppy goes somewhere new every month and writes back about everything she finds.
Complete adventure stories — not previews, not teasers
Ages 6–12 version and a Minis retelling for ages 3–6
Free printable activity download with every adventure
New story every month on the 15th
Evergreen — come back and read them in any order
Part of the same world as the monthly MailDay packs
"Every adventure starts with a question I can't answer without going there. So far that strategy has taken me to a great many interesting places and one very uncomfortable tide pool."
Yours by post, Poppy
The full library
Adventures are numbered in order. Read them in sequence or jump in wherever you like — each one stands on its own.
Year 1 — The World Outside
Poppy explores the big wide world. Twelve adventures, twelve feelings.
Free + Printable
Adventure 01
WONDER
The Tide Pool Expedition
Poppy discovers creatures who have been leaving each other messages in the rocks for centuries. A story about wonder and the things that are there if you look closely enough.
Ages 6–12
Minis version
Minis version
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COMING SOON
Adventure 02
BRAVERY
Into the Forest
Poppy enters an ancient forest where the trees have names and the path changes depending on how you feel about it.
Ages 3–12
COMING SOON
Adventure 03
PATIENCE
The Desert
A vast desert, a sky full of stars, and a creature who has been waiting so long it forgot what it was waiting for.
Ages 3–12
COMING SOON
Adventure 04
BELONGING
The City
A bustling city, a hidden garden that only certain people ever find, and the surprising quietness at the center of it all.
Ages 3–12
Adventures 05–12 — Publishing monthly on the 15th
Year 2 — The World Up Close
Poppy goes deeper. Human places. Human stories.
FUTURE
YEAR 2
YEAR 2 · COMING
The Underground Library
A library built below the city, where the books choose their readers and a particular shelf has been waiting for Poppy specifically.
Ages 3–12
FUTURE
YEAR 2
Year 2 · Coming
The Lighthouse Keeper's Last Letter
In the lighthouse, Poppy finds a letter that was written and never sent. She decides to find where it was supposed to go.
Ages 3–12
FUTURE
YEAR 2
YEAR 2 · COMING
The Traveling Paper Fair
Once a year, a fair appears that sells only paper goods. Poppy has been trying to find it for three years. This is the year.
Ages 3–12
Year 3 — The World Through Others
Poppy meets her people. A cast of animal friends, each one teaching her something new.
Year 3 Characters — Coming in Year 3
Year 3 introduces a cast of animal friends from around the world — each one sees things differently and teaches Poppy something she couldn't have learned alone. Connection has been the theme all along. Year 3 just says it out loud.
Every adventure has a Minis version.
Ages 3–6 get their own retelling of each adventure — simpler language, shorter sentences, written for reading aloud together. The same story. The same Poppy. Just sized right for little ears. Every Minis version comes with its own printable activity, too.
Reading Poppy's adventures is the free part. Joining MailDay gives your child a real pen pal who reads the same adventures, gets the same monthly pack, and is waiting to hear from them. That's the part that changes things.