Recently Jane Tanner over at Bookroo reached out to me and said they had loved working with me and would I like to review another Bookroo box for them?
Yes! I would! I loved working with Bookroo, too.
I asked which kind of box they'd be sending, because now they send three kinds and I have kids that would be interested in all of them:
1. Board Book Box (3 per month)
2. Picture Book Box (2 per month)
3. Junior Box (2 chapter books every two months, still in beta testing)
They sent picture books! Woohoo! Right answer! (There really wasn't a wrong answer.)
So, when I got my Bookroo box this time I did something SUPER FANCY and turned on my phone camera for an unboxing! Hahaha. Oh, you guys. I do have aspirations to actually be super fancy, but right now we're just workin' with what we've got.
Here's the video:
We had fun making this video, and we've had fun with the books, since then. The books they sent were Rock-a-Bye Room by Susan Meyers, illustrated by Amy Bates, and Land Shark by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Ben Mantle.
Land Shark is about a boy who wants a pet shark for his birthday. It really got all of us laughing, ages 4, 7, 9 and adult. And Rock-a-Bye Room is a super sweet bedtime poem. The illustrations are beautiful and imaginative, and I've enjoyed reading it many times to Jubilee at night. After I started my Creativebug class, I noticed all the gingham that was painted in this book and I was like, "Wow. I respect that so much more now."
But. I feel like a book subscription box has to be about MORE than just sending me good books. I have to be getting good books at a good price.
So. It's time to find out if this Bookroo box passes the "cheaper than Amazon" test. (I'm hopeful, because the last one I checked did.)
Here's the link to Rock-a-Bye Room on Amazon. At the moment, it costs $16.88 in hardcover.
Here's the link to Land Shark. At the moment, it costs 11.48 in hardcover.
Add it together and this box would cost $28.36 + shipping from Amazon.
From Bookroo, you'd get it for $17.99 + shipping. And the price only gets cheaper if you subscribe for multiple months! And it comes with the cutest gift wrapping and awesome extension ideas.
Gah! No wonder Bookroo loves working with me! I get started talking about them and I gush! There's more:
I recently went through all of our books and got rid of ... probably 100 or 150 of them? I don't know you guys. Two diaper boxes full, plus a big reusable grocery bag, ok? I just was running out of room on my walls and walls of bookshelves. And these were good books, so I donated them to our local book bank (which gives them to kids for free). Did I donate either of these two? No. Did I donate either of the last two? No! These guys pick gooood books! "hidden gems" is how they advertise it, and they're right.
Ok, I've got to stop talking about Bookroo now. The baby needs a dry diaper for the third time during the writing of this post.
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Oh shoot I almost forgot to give you the coupon code! Ok here it is for 15% off. code:BOOKS2LOVE
Have a lovely day! And if you know anyone who edits videos in exchange for books, let me know. ;-)
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