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.
This box was sent to us at no cost to review. (Check out our editorial guidelines to learn more about how we review boxes.)
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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This month's welcome note introduces the theme of bodies and consent that we'll find in the included books. On the back is an idea for an activity to do with your child: tracing their body on a large piece of paper, and having your kid draw their face and hair on. You can take it further by making a list of all your child's favorite things about themselves, and they give some prompt questions to use. Very sweet idea!
This is My Body - I Get To Choose: An Introduction to Consent by Brook Sitgraves Turner (Author), Kati Douglas (Photographer) — Retail Value $15.99
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The latest release from Little Feminist is this wonderful one about bodily consent. It shows examples of asserting and respecting personal space through images of children. As always, there is a place to write your child's name in the book and encouragement to hand it down. And in the back are ideas for discussion questions, broken down by age group. We always enjoy the books LF puts out into the world!
Every Body: A First Conversation About Bodies by Megan Madison (Author), Jessica Ralli (Author), Tequitia Andrews (Illustrator) — Retail Value $9.99
Found on sale here for $8.99
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Also included this month is a board book about bodies. Rather than taking the approach of "here are the names of your body parts," it's more angled at the experience of living in a body, and all the differing beautiful shapes, sizes, and abilities that it can take. This book addresses the concept of fat, its function, and its social stigmas head-on. There are a lot of words in this book, and it did not keep the attention of my two-year-old, but she enjoyed flipping through the pictures.
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. Our September books cost $15.99 and $9.99 for the small hardback and the board book respectively. That adds up to $25.98, which is a rare case of breaking even in this box! If you consider the Amazon cost of the board book, you're $1 shy of that total, but it's still a better-than-usual value here. This box places value on the book selection, activity, and discussion questions, which are indeed a great resource.
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
Our family has explored many different body books that teach about body parts over the years, but these are some of our first that address consent and social aspects of living in different types of bodies. They're great introductions to these concepts for little ones, and so important as we parent the next generation through a healthier outlook.
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Other Things You Should Know
Can I still get this box if I sign up today? Little Feminist tends to ship the first week of each month. Order now to receive the October box.
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