BookCase.Club is a subscription service for book lovers. There are eight different options: six monthly options are Teenage Dream (YA), Strange Worlds (science fiction/fantasy), Blind Date (paranormal romance), Thrill Seeker (mystery/thriller), Booking for Love (romance) and BookCase.Club for Kids (picture books), there are also two quarterly options that ship every three months: Quarterly Cookbooks and Quarterly Military History.
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This review is of the BookCase.Club for Kids (picture book) box, $9.99 a month.
About Read to Me by BookCase.Club
The Subscription Box: BookCase.Club
The Cost: $9.99 a month + $5.00 shipping (discounts offered with longer subscriptions)
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The Products: 3 children’s picture books for the BookCase.Club for Kids box, the other boxes all come with two books per shipment.
Ships to: US
Good to Know: The BookCase.Club for Kids used to be called Read to Me. Their model now says they’ll be sending 3 books a month (formerly 4) and you can pick what age range you’d like the books to be geared to (newborn-2, age 2-4, 5-6, 7-8, Pre-Teen).
BookCase.Club Read to Me Box December 2017 Review
This Book Is Magic by Ashley Evanson - Retail Value $14.99 (found here for $10.49)
This premise of this book is reminiscent of Press Here by Herve Tullet, and perhaps because I’m comparing it to that fabulous book, this one falls short. The book asks the reader to use their finger to touch certain areas on the page and say magic words to convince the reader as they turn the page that they themselves are responsible for the transformations. It’s a cute book, it’s just that it’s been done before and done better.
The Rise and Fall of Oscar the Magician by Matthew Porter – Retail Value $17.99
Oscar is a monkey magician and he is nominated to be the Magician of the Year but is almost thwarted by his cheating rival named Milton. Luckily a detective is able to solve the case when Oscar is framed for theft. This book had me scratching my head. I’m not sure what age the intended audience was, but it was over the head of my two kids who are aged 4 and 7. The vocabulary and plot twists felt more like a book for older kids, yet the picture book format is suited for younger kids. We didn’t love this selection.
Tell Me What to Dream About by Giselle Potter - Retail Value $17.99 (found here for $17.97)
Two sisters are in their beds at night and the little sister wants her big sister to tell her what to dream about. The big sister has many creative ideas, but most don’t appeal to the little sister. Finally, they come up with a lovely dream, the same one that the sister had suggested first and they drift off to sleep. The plot doesn’t sound that exciting but the creativity of the sister’s suggestions and the fantastical illustrations made this book one that we enjoyed very much. And it has started a tradition in our own home at bedtime of giving each other ideas of what to dream about.
When an Alien Meets a Swamp Monster by Cornelius Van Wright – Retail Value $16.99 (found here for $15.61)
This book was hysterical with awesome illustrations! A boy goes off on his scooter and lands in a swamp, coming face to face with an alligator. It’s hard to say who is more scared of the other. Both race home to tell their siblings what they saw. The alligator thinks the boy is an alien. The boy thinks the alligator is a swamp monster. And the twist at the end of the book is the best part of all!
The Verdict: The retail value of BookCase.Club this month was $67.96, which is more than four times the cost of the box ($9.99 a month plus $5.00 shipping). I think getting four hardcover books for only $14.99 a month (less with longer subscriptions) is phenomenal. It likes the new subscription model will be changing though. According to the website, they’ll be sending three books, not four. This may have been the final month to receive 4 books. Even though not every book was a hit for us personally, we gladly pass the books along to friends, and I bring them into my school library to donate as well.
To Wrap Up:
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Value Breakdown: This box costs $14.99 (price + shipping), but I received $67.96 worth of products inside. Here’s what you are paying approximately per item:
- This Book Is Magic by Ashley Evanson: $3.31
- The Rise and Fall of Oscar the Magician by Matthew Porter: $3.97
- Tell Me What to Dream About by Giselle Potter: $3.97
- When an Alien Meets a Swamp Monster by Cornelius Van Wright: $3.75
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