Sunshine Box (Ages 0-2) - 1 Book/Box
by OurShelvesProduct Details
OurShelves: High-Quality Diverse Children's Books
- The perfect gift to ignite imagination, wonder and the giggles too while affirming your values of inclusion, equity, social justice, love and fun!
- Books that proudly feature racially and ethnically diverse, LGBTQ+, feminist, and other traditionally under-represented identities in children's books
- Free shipping and increased discounts for annual prepay subscriptions.
- The pride in knowing you're exercising your consumer power to be counted in support of diverse children's books -- OurShelves advocates for the many diverse books needed in part by proving the significant, yet largely untapped, audience for such books
- Curation Team that chooses books includes experts from librarianship, teaching, early childhood development, psychology, racial and other identity bias, and parenting. All Curation Team members -- and their children -- share the experience of having aspects of their identities un
Customer Questions (7)
Q: Hi does this box come with one book, i saw that noted but was unsure due to the pictures? Also what is the price for the 2-5 age group. Thank you.Asked by Racine A., September 2022
Hello Racine!
Currently we offer one-book options via CJ but we have one-book and three-book options available directly from our website (OurShelves . com) as well as detailed pricing information. If you would like us to send this directly to you, please send us a message so we can help you out!
Please let us know if we can help with anything else and thank you for partnering with us to ensure all kids and all families have a place on OurShelves,
Kelly
Kelly Allen
Pronouns: She/her
Member Experience Coordinator, OurShelves
Q: Do you get to keep the books that are sent or do you have to buy them?Asked by Aisha P., January 2021
Great question! The price you pay to subscribe includes the price of the books sent to you so you keep the books. In other words, they've been mindfully curated for your age group and when we send them to you, they're all yours! Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your wonderful support of diverse children's books and your consideration of OurShelves!
Q: If you are sent a book that you already have do you replace it or give a credit toward the next box? Thanks Asked by Sara E., December 2020
Sara Elizabeth, thanks for your support of diverse children's books and OurShelves! Would you be willing to reach out to us via the contact form on our web site so we can speak to you directly via email or phone about for which books you may have concern about overlap and then we can let you know some options to avoid book duplication? Thanks so much again for reaching out!
Q: Can I change the age? For the first order I want to order the 0-2, but for the next order I was 2-5. If I buy a subscription will I be able to change the age? Asked by Chandler H., December 2020
Chandler, thanks for your support of diverse children's books and interest in OurShelves! Of course we can help with this! You can definitely sign up for a Sunshine (ages 0-2) subscription now, and whenever you're ready to move to Rainbow (ages 2-5) boxes, just reach out to us via the contact form on our web site, and we can upgrade your membership. Please note that Rainbow boxes are priced higher than Sunshine boxes because picture books cost more than board books. So when you upgrade, we would adjust the pricing at that time. Please let us know if you have any other questions at all! Thanks so much again for your wonderful support, Alli and the OurShelves Team
Reviews (92)
Excellent, diverse book subscription!
Aug 17, 2022
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Molly B.
We have loved having the OurShelves subscription for our two year old! The books are excellent and diverse. The customer service is quick, responsive, and very friendly. Highly recommend for your child or as a gift!
Back for more books!
Aug 24, 2022
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Eliza R.
I highly recommend OurShelves! I first subscribed to the Sunshine board book box before my daughter was born because I was eager to check it out. I decided to pause my subscription because I wasn’t sure how many board books we would want. Well, our family enjoyed reading this collection of books soon after our daughter was born, and we’re back for more. At almost a year, she absolutely loves the books and pulls them from her shelf MANY times a day to read independently and together. The stories are lovely, and it makes rereading books in a single session much more enjoyable for me! Now that she is pointing at the pictures it is so clear how much she is taking in. I’m glad to have books that represent our world. I feel it’s sometimes hard to find diverse books that are about everyday life rather than historical events and people, especially in durable board book form, but OurShelves curated such a collection. I’ve now resubscribed because it’s clear we would like to add to our bookshelves! Communication with OurShelves has always been incredibly helpful and friendly, too!
Diverse Perspectives and Beautiful Image
Jun 14, 2022
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Sandy P.
My daughter and I love reading OurShelves books together. With everything happening and attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion across the country, I am so thankful to be able to expose my daughter to diverse perspectives and stories through these beautiful books!
Sandy, thank you for taking the time to share your experience! We agree that having access to diverse books is so important, especially now. Thank you for being a part of our community and for partnering with us to ensure all kids and all families have a place on OurShelves!
These books bring joy!
Jun 22, 2022
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Annie B.
I purchased book boxes for my 2 sets of grandchildren and have been so happy with them! 2 of my grandchildren have significant intellectual challenges. I had been looking for books with stories that would represent families with children like them and really couldn’t find any. After contacting OurShelves about such books I decided to order the sets for the children and quickly realized that just introducing them to the wide range of humanity would help them see that we all have challenges. The books are of very high quality and present a good variation of diverse stories. I think these books are so important for any child’s social and emotional development. When I last visited with my granddaughter who has a communication disorder she insisted that I read “Mr. Watson’s Chickens” to her at every meal and despite her not being able to express herself to me she listened and looked at every page so intently and lovingly. It brought such joy to my heart! I highly recommend OurShelves.
My daughter LOVES them!
May 18, 2022
Summer W.
I absolutely love OurShelves. My daughter has really enjoyed all the books we've gotten. They truly are some of the ones we read over and over and over. And I love that they have characters and stories I would not have found on my own in our small town. I also love supporting authors from minoritized identities. It's a win-win-win!
Love love love!
May 13, 2022
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Courtney E.
I recommend OurShelves to everyone. I am a cishet woman (she/her), former preschool teacher/current stay-at-home mom/stepmom to an autistic kiddo and LGBTQ+ big kids. And I hoard books. I AM THE TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC. 😂 But really, these books should be on every shelf because they are representative of the beautiful diversity our children experience. I didn’t have exposure to “other” identities as a child, and I swore that my own child(ren) would never experience a time when they would feel uncomfortable about meeting people who are different from them. Thank you, OurShelves, for curating amazing books that my son loves and wants to read over and over, and which represent people he loves and people he has yet to know.❤️
Diversity in books is AMAZING!
Apr 07, 2022
Chloe G.
The CrateJoy subscription is WONDERFUL. It was a gift for my 5 year old daughter and one of the best ones she has received. The books that arrive are so diverse in content and really help my husband and I extend conversations about tough topics for a young person to understand beyond the book.
Increase your diversity in reading
Mar 23, 2022
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Séraphine L.
Wonderful subscription service. The books were well selected and offered us an ability to identify more inclusive readings that we would not have found ourselves in our local bookstores in Washington D.C.. Excellent customer service; I also plan on gifting subscriptions to my friends.
A MUST in every home!
Mar 08, 2022
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Amanda M.
We have been subscribed to OurShelves for two years, since our little one was just a newborn! We love that our bookshelf is continually full of books representing a wide variety of people. The books are well chosen and high quality, and some of our little one's favorites!
Impressed and Delighted
Jan 25, 2022
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Gwyneth P.
My whole family has been impressed and delighted by our first year subscribing to OurShelves for our now almost 2-year old. They provide books with beautiful illustrations or photographs that are fun to read out loud and cover the full range of toddler interests (naming/finding objects, rhyming stories, just looking at pictures of other real babies). All with diversity in mind and on the pages!
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Past boxes from Sunshine Box (Ages 0-2) - 1 Book/Box…
Past OurShelves Box
This box is full of fun -- and diverse characters and families! Here are three examples of the books you may receive with this fall box. These books center imagination, wonder, joy, and playfulness -- and LGBTQ+, racially and ethnically diverse, and feminist characters and families, among other under-represented identities in today's children's books. Enjoy!
Past OurShelves Box
This box illustrates the fun and joy you'll have with OurShelves books, all the while affirming the beautiful diversity of the world around us. The books shown here feature LGBTQ+, racially and ethnically diverse, and feminist characters and families, among other under-represented identities in children's books. Enjoy!
Past OurShelves Box
This is a picture of Chance, one of our newest members, and the three board books he received with his winter Sunshine (ages 0-2) book box!
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