Books for Children

I was a real book worm when I was a little girl, even reading extra special books like 101 Dalmations by Dodie Smith at least 5 times. My love for reading continued right up until I had my children, but my concentration span has lessened since then, the big tomb like books I used to read within a week, now collect dust for the rest of eternity. My two boys aged 16 and 9, love me to buy the books but I know for a fact half of them haven't been read, still, I keep trying and will continue to do so. So finding either book clubs or cheap bargain book shops that saves me money on the things that ... more

The first time I joined Books For Children was when my daughter was 2. I joined after receiving a leaflet through the post. The special introductory offer was for 4 or 5 books at 50p each + children's surprise parcel of books and a child's rucksack. Excellent! I sent off for those items, received them within 2 weeks and had no problems whatsoever. I fulfilled my part of the bargain by buying 6 more books over the next 12 months and then decided to cancel. That was my first experience of this club and overall, I was happy with every aspect of the service. Not so the second time around!! In ... more

Hi, I joined BFC a few months ago simply because of their amazing offer on the Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit collection. I had received a leaflet through the post advertising the entire Peter Rabbit book collection in a presentation box for just £9.99. How could I miss it? and as a bonus, if you replied within 7 days you got a free mystery book pack aswell! As I have access to the internet I decided to have a look at their website which was written on the leaflet. (www.booksforchildren.com) It was really easy to place the order online, and, you still were offered the mystery book pack ... more

This is OK and there are bargains to be had, but be careful. > Only join Books For Children if you are prepared to accept books delivered to your door at average prices most times, with the need to reject unwanted choices every month and the odd clerical error and annoying marketing ploys. The basis of the above statement is that I am finally at the end of the "you must buy 6 books before the year is up or we will purSUE you for all the £60+ that you saved accepting our bargain introduction offer" period. I purposely spell the word pursue in the preceding fashion as will be explained further ... more

Back in March, I received an invitation to join this book club (www.booksforchildren.co.uk). As a joining bonus you could choose up to six books for a discount price of 50p each. The only condition was that you bought another six books at full club price over the next 12 months. It seemed fairly reasonable so I signed up. A week or so later, three of my six books arrived. One of these was a book with electronic sound effects - half of which didn't work, but for 50p, I thought what the heck. I was advised that the other three books were on order. After another couple of weeks, I received a ... more