Is there a children’s book subscription available?

[Anonymous]

Hi all. DDs are 4 and 5 and love books. The problem is I keep buying books and they only want it read to them once or twice. I’m wondering if there’s a company that ships books monthly, then I ship back so every month or whatever time period we get a new box of books based on their ages and interest. Does this exists?

[Anonymous]

The library?

[Anonymous]

Amazon has a Prime Book Box, but you don’t ship them back. Never heard of anyone doing that.

Maybe pair with a family or two with similar age kids and rotate books?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The library?

Embarrassed to say I haven’t been to a library in years. I wasn’t sure how they’re doing things during the closures

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The library?

Libraries are closed

[Anonymous]

I find it really strange that your kids only read books once. When my kids like a book they ask to read it over and over until they have it memorized, then they sit and recite it to themselves and turn the pages.

[Anonymous]

Did you sign up for Imagination Library? I think it ends at 5 but that still gives you a year for the 4 year old.

Agree with PP that it's unexpected that your kids only like to read a book once. DD wants to hear the same book 18 times in a row!

[Anonymous]

You can sign up for Epic and Skybrary. They are ebooks instead of paper books, but if your kids prefer fresh material to re-reading, it might be a great way to expand your virtual library.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it really strange that your kids only read books once. When my kids like a book they ask to read it over and over until they have it memorized, then they sit and recite it to themselves and turn the pages.

Some books they want over and over and over but I can’t predict which ones they will love. So I buy 6 or 7 books and maybe one they want over and over

[Anonymous]

I know with kids that age, you probably prefer physical books, but when you're ready for them to try e-books, the Kindle Unlimited program from Amazon sounds like the electronic version of what you're looking for.

For a monthly fee, you get access to participating books in the program. You can download 10 at a time and rotate them on whatever schedule you like. If you decide you don't like a book you can immediately exchange it for another, but if you want to reread one you can keep it as long as you pay the monthly fee.

[Anonymous]

An ad for a children's book subcription service just popped up on my social media feed (maybe because of this?). They will send a monthly box of books. Called Literati or something? You don't send them back though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An ad for a children's book subcription service just popped up on my social media feed (maybe because of this?). They will send a monthly box of books. Called Literati or something? You don't send them back though.

My son received a gift card for Literati. I don't recommend it; you don't get to pick the books - you just give your kid's age (maybe gender, too? I don't remember.). Half the books we'd already read, some he had no interest in, some were not age appropriate, others just seemed completely random. And this is a kid who LOVES to read. We sent the majority back and gave a few away as gifts.

Kindle Unlimited is great. Our library is out of most e-books he wants to read right now and the hold time is around 8 - 12+ weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The library?

Embarrassed to say I haven’t been to a library in years. I wasn’t sure how they’re doing things during the closures

You should be embarrassed to admit that! It is the exact service you describe, except it’s free!

But, on the downside, you may have to touch something once touched by a poor. Ewwwwwww :-/

[Anonymous]

We don't buy books due to space and cost considerations. Normally we do a weekly library trip, but for the past couple months have been using Epic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi all. DDs are 4 and 5 and love books. The problem is I keep buying books and they only want it read to them once or twice. I’m wondering if there’s a company that ships books monthly, then I ship back so every month or whatever time period we get a new box of books based on their ages and interest. Does this exists?

Literati

Kids book subscription service