Best Baby Book Subscriptions

Literati Kids has an awesome subscription model. It’s a try-before-you-buy service for books. You and your little one will get a week to decide which books to keep before buying or returning.

With the Literati Kids’ Club Neo subscription, you’ll receive five books every month appropriate for newborn babies up to age 3. But before that, you’ll need to select your goals and tastes in your profile so that the company can send you great selections handpicked for you and your child. You can return here to review the books you receive so that your future deliveries are best suited to you.

Once you receive your books, you’ll get a week to decide which books you want to buy. You return the rest using the prepaid shipping label provided. But if you keep all five books, you get a 5% discount.

Boxes ship monthly, and you’ll pay around a $10 per month subscription fee, plus the cost of the books you purchase.

Subscribers will receive three to four board books or picture books per month, a great way to build baby’s library.

With Lillypost, you’ll receive four board books or three picture books at your doorstep every month for roughly $19 per month when you subscribe for three months. The subscription caters to newborns up to age 7. 

According to the company, the retail value of each box is about $25 to $50, so you’ll be building your baby’s bookshelf at a discount. 

You can choose to subscribe for one, three, or six months. The youngest age group is for ages 0 to 2 and includes board books. And you’ll feel good knowing that with each book shipped, Lillypost donates one book to a child in need.

Your toddler will love receiving their Bookroo delivery because each book is individually wrapped, so it feels like a real surprise. You can choose a subscription for babies and toddlers ages 0 through 3 or for kids ages 3 through 6.

Bookroo really makes a book subscription fun for toddlers because each book is individually wrapped like a gift, upping the excitement your child will experience when their new books arrive. 

You can choose between the board book subscription (suited for ages 0 through 3 years), which comes with three books each month, or the picture book subscription (suited for ages 3 to 6 years), which offers two books per month.

Subscribers can save money by paying for three, six, or 12 months upfront, or there is an option to pay monthly. Twelve-month prepayment comes to about $17.95 per box; a six-month prepayment comes to about $19.95 per month, and a three-month prepayment comes to approximately $20.95 per month. Monthly payments without prepayment are around $21.95. Users can also opt for a box every other month.

We chose Owl Post Books as best for creativity because each box comes with a craft and an interactive box. 

Not only does Owl Post Books deliver handpicked new reads to your door every month, but each interactive box comes with a seasonal craft for your child to enjoy as well. While the youngest subscribers may not be able to craft quite yet, it’s great as babies and toddlers develop a sense of creativity. 

Subscription options include:

• The Imagination Box comes with three hand-selected books for about $32.99
• The Imagination Mini, which offers one hand-selected book per box for approximately $14.99
• The YA Fantasy Imagination box, which caters to older children and includes 3 YA novels per box for about $29.99

When subscribing, you’ll select your child's age range from a range of 0 to 13 and YA.

Looking for monthly deliveries of books that teach learning concepts like colors, numbers, and shapes? My First Reading Club does just that.

The books in each My First Reading Club delivery teach key learning concepts for babies and toddlers, including colors, numbers, shapes, sign language, the senses, beginners’ Spanish, and motor skills development. 

The book subscription offers books tailored to the youngest babies through 11 years old. The youngest age group is 0-2. Simply choose your child’s age range and your payment plan. You can pay monthly, which will cost about $19.99. You can also prepay for three months at roughly $19 per delivery, six months for approximately $17.99 per box, and a year for around $16.99 per month. Shipping is always free.

Each box packs three books and a gift for the parent, so you’ll both have a fun time bonding while opening each package. 

Subscribers can cancel at any time and will receive a refund for the books that didn’t yet ship.

OurShelves features books with black and brown characters, LGBTQ characters, neuro-diverse characters, and more. The subscription is a great way to make sure your child’s bookshelf has more diversity.

It’s important that children see people who look like them in their books as well as people who are different. You can start diversifying your child’s bookshelf early by subscribing to OurShelves; the youngest age range is for babies ages 0-2. The subscription includes characters of different racial backgrounds, LGBTQ characters, neuro-diverse characters, and more. 

Another great thing about OurShelves is that the company uses consumer power to advocate for existing and still-needed diversity in children’s books. OurShelves shares data with publishers about the types of books consumers are interested in and much more.

Subscribers can choose from three plans:

• One book per box, costing roughly $13.99 per delivery
• Three books per box and an activity to encourage further discussion, at about $32.97 per box
• Five books per box, plus an activity to encourage further discussion, costing around $49.95 per box

Each subscription offers ships four times per year.

Sol Book Box wins as best for bilingual families because the company ships monthly deliveries of bilingual or Spanish children’s books right to your door for children ages 6 and younger.

Another way to diversify your child’s reading list is to include bilingual or Spanish books on their shelves. Sol Book Box delivers one hard-to-find bilingual or Spanish board or picture book to your door every month. Each book is gift wrapped to make the delivery extra special. 

Parents can choose from three payment plans: Monthly payments come to about $20 per box; a three-month subscription runs roughly $19 per box, and a six-month subscription is around $18.83 per box.

We chose Amazon Prime Book Box Kids as the most affordable baby subscription box because each box is $19.99, and subscribers can choose the frequency of deliveries to match their budget.

For a more affordable and flexible option, Amazon Prime Book Box Kids costs about $19.99 per box, which represents about 40% off book list prices, and shipping is free. Subscribers can choose to have a box delivered every month, two months, or three months. 

For the “baby to age 2” subscription, customers will receive four board books in every box. Books include popular titles and those that are widely loved. 

Subscribers can swap books after receiving their preview email of the books that are on the way, so you won’t receive titles you already have.