The full catalogue
Every keeper we know of
Folklore, feast days and festivals of light — 30 of them, each with a letter, a story and a history.
The ones that come round every year
Teeth, birthdays, bedtimes — the small enormous moments.
The Tooth Fairy
For the night a tooth goes under the pillow — and the morning she finds out it mattered.
The Birthday Fairy
The one letter a year that is only about them — and about the year they just finished.
The Sandman
For the child who does not want the day to end — or is not sure about the dark.
The Dream Keeper
For the child who cannot sleep — practical, kind, and entirely without religion.
Ratoncito Pérez
The little mouse who collects teeth across the Spanish-speaking world.
La Petite Souris
The little mouse of France, who has been doing this since long before the fairies.
Christmas and midwinter
From the workshop, the canal, the hillside and the bishop's own hand.
Santa Claus
A letter that names the year — the effort, the growing up, the one thing only a parent noticed.
Saint Nicholas
The bishop behind the legend — a quieter, older letter about giving in secret.
Sinterklaas
A shoe by the door, a carrot for the horse, and a letter from the steamboat.
La Befana
The old woman on the broomstick who is still looking — and never passes a child by.
Ded Moroz & Snegurochka
Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden, who come on New Year rather than Christmas.
The Yule Lads
Thirteen mischievous brothers, one a night, each with a very specific bad habit.
Jack Frost
For the morning they wake up and the whole world has changed colour overnight.
Festivals of light and new years
The lamp, the candle, the crescent and the lotus — told with care.
The Diya
From one small clay lamp on the step — about light being stronger than dark.
The Shamash
From the helper candle — the one that lights the others and is never counted.
The Eid Moon
From the crescent that ends the fast — for the morning of new clothes and sweets.
The Ramadan Lantern
The fanoos that hangs all month — for the beginning, not the end.
The Vesak Lotus
From a flower that grows in mud — the gentlest letter here.
Amu Nowruz
Uncle Nowruz, who comes once a year at the exact moment spring begins.
The Lunar New Year Lion
From the lion in the street — red envelopes, firecrackers and a fresh start.
The Moon Rabbit
From the rabbit in the moon — for the night the whole family looks up at once.
The Guardian Angel
For a frightened night, a hospital stay, or a week that has been too much.
Through the year
Spring mornings, green hills, paper hearts and harvest lanterns.
The Easter Bunny
Hidden eggs, new mornings, and the reason spring keeps coming back.
The Leprechaun
Caught at last — or very nearly. A letter left behind in a hurry.
Cupid
A letter about the kind of love a child actually has — for people, not sweethearts.
The Lantern Keeper
Why we carve a face and put a light in it — a kind letter for a spooky night.
The big ones
First days, new arrivals, growing up, and saying goodbye.
The First Day Fairy
For the night before — when the bag is packed by the door and nobody is sleeping.
The Big-Kid Fairy
For handing something over — the dummy, the bottle, the cot — and being proud of it.
The New Sibling Star
For the older one — the letter that says nothing has been taken away from them.
The Rainbow Bridge Keeper
For the hardest week — a letter about a pet who has died, written gently.