Today I'm bringing you a review Bookabees*! Reading is such a vital part of learning, so this is such a great concept - a child's book club!
Bookables is a child's book subscription service, which is on your terms! You decide how many books you receive each other, you pick the plan which best suits you and then it is tailored and personalised for you child!
Bookabees has two plans, KEEP and FLEX. The difference is with the KEEP you get to keep the books each month at a fixed price whilst FLEX is a more flexible plan where you can keep the books for two months and either choose to return them after this time or keep at an additional fee (50% of the retail price with be debited from your account). In both plans you can decide how many books you'd like to receive each month, which is fab as people will have different budgets for this! The plans are 1 book (£4.99 FLEX and £9.99 KEEP), 3 books (£8.99 FLEX and £19.99 KEEP) or 5 books (£10.99 FLEX and £29.99 KEEP). I feel there is a great range for people and if you're wanting to try the the service you could start at 1 book to see how you get on! You can change your plan at any time, whether it's to end your subscription or take a break, and this is all available on your account online.
Bookabees carries books suitable for ages between 0-11, and each package is personalised for your child. When signing up you decide the plan you'd like to sign up for, with how many books, and you then put your child's name and date of birth. The next step is to pick what your child's interests are, there are 12 themes to pick from and these include a wide variaty from learning, to nature and films to fantasy. You can pick as many or as little as you like, and you can really get your child involved with their book subscription. Once you have picked your interests it is in Bookabees hands!
I love the fact that you and your child can get involved with picking the themes. Bookabees hand picks the books for the child from a wide range of books, initially they pick based on recommendations for the age and themes indicated but as you start receiving books and rate and review them they become smarter with book choice based on your child. You also have the ability to manage the books you have, you can search books and add them to your book queue or delete books that you don't want or may already have.
The books arrive through the post and they are personalised for your child, with the name on the front - Casper loved getting post that was named for him! In each month's package along with the books, they get a selection of stickers, and activities and other bits like a book mark! I love that it has extras to keep them entertained and interested in the service, and with activity packs comiing in at £3+ in shops it makes it value for money with this service.
With the FLEX service, after reading the books you can then rate the books, on a scale of 1 to 5, and then decide to send them back or keep the books at the additional fee. You can decide whether to keep all or none of the books, it is completely your choice and you have a 2 month window.
My thoughts? I love the idea of a book subscription service for children, in our family books and reading are so important and it is something we love doing as a family. I really think this will encourage children to get reading, as it is something exciting and personalised just for them. Both the children loved their selection of books and we received ones we had never heard of - which was great as we are always looking for new suggestions. It was great that Tabitha received a range of different board books suitable for her, whilst Casper got story books which he really enjoyed. Based on the themes we picked, I really feel like the picked well for my children's interests.
It is definitely something I could get on board with, however I don't think FLEX would be the plan that would suit us. We go to the library quite often already, and so with borrowing books this aspect would be a bit redundant, however I really think those who can't get to a library this service is fantastic as it delivers it to your house at a reasonable cost. The KEEP plan is definitely something I think we'd like to do in the future, as we can never have too many books and I really did love seeing Casper and Tabitha's excitement when they got their parcels and opened to see what was inside.
They are available to order on Bookabees website, which also has lots more information all about the service! Also, there is 30% off of your first month available!
Thank you for reading :)
Natalie x
*the items were sent to us in exchange for an honest review, all opinions are my own.
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