Little Feminist Book Club is a monthly book subscription box for kids ages newborn to 9 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.
This children's book subscription sends books that highlight lesser-represented characters and teaches important life lessons with beauty and nuance.
The Cost: $22.95 per month + $2.95 US shipping. Save with longer subscriptions.
This review is of the Book Club for ages 2-4 years.
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Opening The Box
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Little Feminist sends their books in an envelope-style box. Packed snugly inside are the book(s) of the month, a welcome note and activity, and a bookmark with discussion questions listed on the front and back.
Here's What's Inside
Welcome Note & Activity
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The 2-4 age group of Little Feminist was sent two books this month. One is a book from the Little Fem team, which we are sent on occasion, even sometimes as a preview pre-publication! The welcome note explains that there were no other children's books on the market that show a series of photos of actual toddlers' faces expressing emotions. The other book included is about making the most of a rainy day. The activity on the back is a small rainy-day activity: there are 6 cards to cut out and hide for a little indoor scavenger hunt.
Little Faces Big Feelings: What Emotions Look Like by Amy Morrison — Retail Value $15.99
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There are over 100 faces represented in this small book about emotions, and you can always count on books published by Little Feminist to represent children of different cultures, races, and abilities. The pages are somewhere between board book and paper pages—a thickness I like very much for this age group—and at the end, there are some discussion questions built in (a very LF thing to do!) as well as a colorful emotions wheel and a built-in mirror. Playing with facial expressions for our different emotions in this mirror passed the time for quite awhile for us. This would be a great book to have on a plane or in a car for travel with a little one!
When my youngest turns two in May, I'll have a few months with both my children in the 2-4 age group—but already I'm beginning to notice things shift as my four-year-old shows readiness for the next age group up, and my "baby" expresses interest in the books sent here in the 2-4 age range of LF. But both sisters were completely fascinated by the many faces in this book.
Rainy Days by Deborah Kerbel (author) and Miki Sato (illustrator) — Retail Value $11.95
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While it looks like a baby book, there is more to this board book than meets the eye! First of all, the collage-style artwork is something different from what's inside most of our (growing library of) children's books. My four-year-old noted that the artwork style reminds her of Daniel Tiger. When reading this book to the littlest ones in this age group, you might read it as written and play with the sounds written; with an older child, you might also explore what's happening in the pictures. Of course this is true of every children's book, but for some reason this one seemed to catch our four-year-old's attention more than we expected.
Discussion Questions
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Little Feminist always provides a bookmark filled with discussion questions for each book included in the box. Some are conceptual, and others ask the child to recall themes or events from the book.
Value - Was This Box Worth It?
The Cost: $22.95 per month + $2.95 US shipping. Save with longer subscriptions.
Value Breakdown: Little Feminist Book Club costs $25.90 per month, which includes the cost of shipping. This month, the 2-4 age group was sent two board books: one Little Feminist book about emotions and one board book about rain. Together they add up to $28.94, which is perhaps the highest value I've ever seen in a LF box! Typically we LF fans rely on the book selection, note, activity, and discussion questions to provide value for this subscription.
Of note: Little Feminist offers four ways to purchase: monthly, three months, six months, and 12 months. They cost $22.95, $21.95, $19.95, and $18.95, respectively. Shipping is always $2.95. So if you were certain you'd like this subscription for a year, it would be $4 cheaper per month and much closer to the book's retail value.
Key Takeaways
While my four-year-old is beginning to age out of this 2-4 category of Little Feminist, her attention was grabbed by the many emoting faces of the emotions book. My almost-two-year-old was just as rapt! Both had fun playing with the mirror built into the back, and both interacted in their own ways with the rainy day board book. It was a good month for Little Feminist!
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