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Instead of sending out books monthly, however, this club operates on a quarterly schedule. It offers three clubs for kids: Sunshine Box (0-2 years), Rainbow Box (2-5 years) and Treehouse Box (5-8 years). Pricing for the three-book boxes is $36 for the Sunshine Box and $51 for either the Rainbow Box or Treehouse Box. For each subscription, you can choose to receive three or five books each quarter. OurShelves

Similar to Equal Opportunity Book Box, OurShelves features books with diverse and inclusive characters from under-represented identities. Discounts are available if you purchase an annual subscription, and you can save 10% if you buy a second subscription. 

Like the parent play guides, I found it to be a great resource for ideas for what to actually do with your baby all day long. The Lovevery app requires a subscription to the toy boxes to access (though you can also get the app if you received a box as a gift).

BookCase.Club

$13 a month or $100 a year, plus $5 shipping a month (Not currently taking orders)

BookCase.Club is one of the less expensive book subscriptions at only $13 a month. It has age brackets of ages 0-2, 2-4, 5-6, 7-8 and preteen, and you can select a box for boys or girls. You get three books per month that are a mixture of activity books and picture or chapter books. There's also a Teenage Dream club that features two YA novels each month. 

You can also add a few of the earlier boxes to your initial order, because the toys inside will likely still appeal to older kids.  When you first sign up for a Lovevery subscription, you'll enter your child's birthday (or due date or adjusted age), and Lovevery will suggest a Play Kit to get started with.

They're manufactured, however, by a network of suppliers throughout Asia. Is Lovevery an American company? Yes, the subscription box company is based in the US. Boise, Idaho, specifically, is the city that the company calls home and it's where the toys are designed.

Plus, check out the list of hot kids' toys to buy as gifts, toys for the kid at heart, STEM toys we love and the best gifts for 2-year-olds.  My colleague and I tested four Lovevery Play Kits with our real kids (The Looker for kids who are 0 to 12 weeks old, The Senser for 5- to 6-month-old kids, The Realist for kids aged 19 to 21 months and reading specialist programs The Helper for kids who are 25 to 27 months old) to answer that question. Read on for what we thought.

And they aren't just for tutor homeschooling adults -- there are clubs for kids, too. Book subscription services are a great way to access a range of books curated to your specific taste. And there are plenty of opportunities to engage young learners while they're away from school.  The best children's book subscriptions will provide options for kids and young adults to explore the topics they are most invested in, and summer break is a great time to sign up for a book subscription service so your kids can catch up on their reading and develop necessary reading skills.

But if your library or local bookstore isn't cutting it, a book subscription box could help your kids to keep the pages turning. Now, your first destination for "free" books should be your local library, where you can get them in physical and ebook form (check out Amazon Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited, Amazon FreeTime Unlimited and free library books via the Libby app for more of the latter). To that end, here are nine of the best children's book subscriptions available, from board books to young adult novels. We update this list periodically. Each has new book selections with every shipment and there are clubs for every age group.

It sends three picture books to you per month for kids between the ages of one and six. This book subscription service is just getting started and does two admirable things: it features books with diverse characters -- each book it selects includes at least one character of color -- and donates one book for every book it sells. And it donates books to Bernie's Book Bank, an organization that gets free books into the hands of underprivileged kids in Chicago. Each box from Equal Opportunity Book Box includes an info sheet about the month's books and an educational drawing activity. It costs more per month than most book clubs, but each box you receive means three books are being donated to kids in need.

Not listed on the website, but my kit came with a mug for a parent that reads "The Days Are Long But the Years Are Short." It's not my favorite child-rearing sentiment, though it's proven true for me, but it was nice to have a little gift included.

But this box convinced me these are great toys that can give your baby plenty of entertainment, and I'm already planning to buy the next one.  I'll admit, I was a Lovevery skeptic, just given the price tag.

Lovevery is a US-based toy company that sells Montessori-inspired subscription boxes focused on "stage-based play." The idea is that kids have different needs at different stages in their development, and the right toys can support those needs.  What are Lovevery Play Kits?