Little Feminist Book Club is a monthly book subscription box for kids ages newborn to nine years old. Each month you will receive one to two books to help diversify your bookshelf. Plus, you will also receive hands-on activities and tools to help your book come to life. Subscriptions are offered for ages 0-2, 2-4, 4-7, and 7-9. From Little Feminist:
Only 31% of children's books feature a female character, and only 13% feature a person of color.
About Little Feminist Book Club
The Subscription Box: Little Feminist Book Club
The Cost: $22.95 per month + $2.95 shipping. Save with longer subscriptions.
The Products: At least one book (sometimes more) and hands-on activities and tools to help bring your book to life.
Ships to: The U.S. for $2.95. Shipping costs may vary for international orders.
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Little Feminist Book Club Ages 7-9 March 2021 Review
Little Feminist offers book clubs for all ages, and each of them has a different focus depending on age. This club for older children is geared towards encouraging children to explore the world around them. Each month you'll receive one hardcover book or 2 paperback books to help with this goal.
We received this card from Little Feminist which explains a little bit about why they chose this month's book.
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This month we received a great little guide for how to draw one of the doodles from one of our books this month. I love how they encourage kids to turn their doodle into an actual graphic novel!
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Layla and the Bots: Built for Speed by Vicky Fang - Retail value $4.99
From Amazon:
Blossom Valley is hosting a go-kart race! The go-karts are provided for all the kids in town. Layla and the Bots can't wait for race day! But one racer, Tina, needs their help. She needs a new cart that uses hand-controls and other cool features. Layla and the Bots know just what to do... they will build her a brand-new cart that's even faster than her wheelchair! But will Tina's go-kart have enough speed to win the race? With full-color artwork on every page and speech bubbles throughout, this early chapter book series brings kid-friendly STEAM topics to young readers!
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This cute little book was an easy read, great for young readers and I loved that it had themes of teamwork and friendship throughout. The style was great too with lots of different sections, chapters, and plenty of dialogue through speech bubbles. They showed Layla's thought process which I think is a great way to show problem-solving in action and most importantly, she demonstrated that she wasn't afraid to fail while trying to get it right. As for her friend, they didn't make a big deal about her disability but instead, they approached it more objectively. It was simply a matter of this friend has different needs and we need to make it accessible for her. Then they combined their knowledge and each bot had a different skill to contribute to get the job done! I think it's perfect for my daughter who is a beginning reader and it might be a fun way to engage a child who is not so interested in reading since the style is so different!
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Doodleville by Chad Sell -Retail Value $12.99 (found here for $9.74)
From Amazon:
Drew is just a regular artist. But there's nothing ordinary about her art. Her doodles are mischievous . . . and rarely do they stay in Doodleville, the world she's created in her sketchbook. Instead, Drew's doodles prefer to explore the world outside. But after an inspiring class trip to the Art Institute of Chicago--where the doodles cause a bit too much trouble--Drew decides it's time to take her artistic talents to the next level.
Enter the Leviathan--Levi, for short. He's bigger and better than anything Drew has ever created before. He's a monster, but a friendly one. That is, until Levi begins to wreak havoc on Drew's other doodles--and on the heroes her classmates have dreamt up.
Levi won't be easily tamed, and it seems there is a link between the monster's bad behavior and Drew's feelings. With the help of her loyal art club friends, will she be able to save Doodleville--and Levi--before it's too late?
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Drew has always had a love of doodling, but what's special about her doodles is that they come to life, and unfortunately, they are quite mischievous! On a recent trip to an art museum, they even stole a hat from one of the paintings and they often cause trouble for Drew's friends in her art club. For her latest art project, she comes up with a new doodle, Levi, who at first seems friendly, but soon it seems that he has taken on the worst parts of Drew's self becoming dark and angry and even attacking some of her art club pal's doodles. They work together to stop him and eventually Drew finds the solution that works with the help of her friends.
I really loved the concept of this book and the artistic aspect of it, but overall, I didn't enjoy the story as much as I thought I would. I love the idea of introducing kids to graphic novels and the fact that the author used Levi to help show how you have to control any darkness or ill thoughts you may have, but that storyline could have used some more detail and I would have preferred a more clear resolution for kids to relate to. Overall, I think it was a good book that had some great concepts to explore.
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Discussion Question Cards
This month our discussion question cards came on two separate bookmarks for each book. The questions for Layla's book involved thinking about how you solve problems and where you might go if you need a break. They were great for fostering some introspection! The questions from Doodleville talked about friendships and facing the parts of yourself that you don't like. I thought these were great questions to get kids thinking about how they interact with others and how their words and actions might affect others. These bookmarks are always full of great questions!
Verdict: I loved that this month's Little Feminist Book Club shipment included two very different styles of graphic novels. Layla's was, of course, more simple and will appeal to younger kids, while Doodleville would appeal to the older end of this targeted age group. Both were great introductions to different writing styles which I think is so important at this age when some kids struggle to get engaged in reading. Graphic novels are a perfect mix of art and writing that can really pique their interest. The discussion questions and cute doodling sheet were great extras that supported our book choices this month, too. As for the value, the total of our books comes to $17.98 (even less with sale prices), and while I do find some value in the extras they included, I still have a hard time with the fact that this box costs so much more at $25.90 ($22.95 + $2.95 shipping). I wish that they could find a way to provide these diverse reading materials and still deliver a little more in actual retail value!
To Wrap Up:
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Once you purchase a book subscription your first box will be shipped within a week. From then on, your book box will be sent the first week of every month.
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