WILF Books are a new books subscription box, which carefully tailors it’s contents to your child. Their mission is to get the perfect books to each child, and as well as sending out suitable books they also offer to redistribute any unwanted books to other children to make sure every book goes to a home where it will be loved and read.
I was interested in trying out the boxes, so WILF books sent us across a couple of boxes – one for my eldest Z who is 8 and half years old, and one for my younger two boys T and R who are 5 and half, and almost seven. They can also send picture books for younger children, so the boxes are suitable for any age as they put them together specially for your child. You can even let them know your child’s interests and give them specific ideas to make sure that they have all the info they need to pick the perfect books!
The WILF Books Boxes
Each box contains a minimum of three books, and some boxes will contain more books. These are the books we got in our boxes. I was really happy with the selections in both of them.
This is Z’s box, including..
- The classic George’s Marvellous Medicine from Roald Dahl
- The Island of Adventure – an Enid Blyton book which we hadn’t come across before, although Z has quite a few Enid Blyton series and always enjoys her books
- Atticus Claw Learns to Draw – from a series we hadn’t come across before but it looks great, and definitely something Z will enjoy reading
All of the books are well suited for his age and interests. I had put that Z mainly enjoys adventurous books, and he will enjoy all of these.
If you receive a book that you already have, you can send it back in the free post envelope and WILF books will replace it in your next box at no extra cost.
This is T and R’s box, including some slightly easier books which are suited for their ages.
- My Funny Family by Chris Higgins. This is the first in a series, which we hadn’t come across before. It’s a chapter book suitable for younger children to read as it has short chapters and still has plenty of illustrations included – so perfect for 5 and 6 year olds.
- Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse by Ursula Moray Williams – This is a lovely hardback book, which is really nice, and the stories inside are classics. I’m sure I read this as a child too! It’s lovely to read a chapter each night as bedtime stories.
- Minikid by Michael Morpurgo – This is another easy reader chapter book, from the “Little Gems” range which I hadn’t heard of but had a look at after discovering them in the WILF box as I’m always interested in finding suitable books for my younger boys to manage reading by themselves, outside of the school reading schemes.
I was really happy with T and R’s box that it included all chapter books, as they are always asking for new chapter books and are keen to move on them at their ages, but some chapter books can be tricky for them to read on their own so the selections here are really good.
How does WILF Books work?
WILF Books is a subscription box service, but you’re not tied in for a specific period of time and can come and go as you please, which gives your flexibility. You’re able to pause at any time on the website, and you can give your comments each month to help them tailor the right books for your child.
WILF books also encourage sharing, so if you have unwanted books that you want to clear out and pass to someone who will enjoy them more, then you can send them back in the free post envelope and they will distribute them to someone else. This is totally optional though, and if you want to keep all of your books then you can, with no obligation to send anything in.
Giveaway
For your chance to win a WILF books box for your child, enter via the Gleam widget below
Good luck!
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What a great set of books for children xx
fantastic books
A great idea!
These look great love the illustrations
FANTASTIC set of books thanks for the chance
FANTASTIC set of books thanks for the chance the kids will LOVE them
this prize is amazing
Many thanks for the giveaway!! Fingers crossed!
Its great you can send books back to be enjoyed by someone else.
Fantastic set of books xx
These books are amazing!
Fab books for all of the family to enjoy 🙂
Id love to set my nephew on the path to loving books as much as i do
BRILLIANT PRIZE
this is a great subscription box idea! i keep looking around for the best options for my kids because they love getting mail as much as i do. great gift idea!
Fantastic set of books.
The books look great 🙂
These boomks look really niteresting and informative xx
A great selection of books
This sounds like a really great idea, I’d love to my nephew this box 🙂
This sounds like a brilliant idea!
my little one would love to these.
I would have loved receiving packs of books in the post as a child! My son would love this!
I love this idea, I’m definitely going to be looking at their website!
It’s a great idea to get kids reading!
This looks fab – my daughter would love it 🙂
Some great books in the blog post and my friends child loves reading!!
Fantastic set of books, they look great fun
My daughter would love the selection available at WILF books
I really love this idea! I’d love to win for my little sisters!
love this idea, there are so many great books out there that get missed so saves me the task of searching 🙂
I’d love to win this for my little cousin, hopefully she’ll enjoy reading as much as me!
I love the idea of this subscription. We are all book lovers in our house so it would be lovely for the kids
Hey Michaela. That’s lovely – one of our favourite comments on this post. It’s all about a family of readers. 🙂
We’d love to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
Beautiful books,. Well designed and thought out. Just love them.
What an amazing selection of books. My son would be in his element!
Hey Gemma. YES! We’re sure he would. 🙂
We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your son will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
Love the sound of these! my two eldest children would be thrilled, they both love their books!
Hey Jodie. Woah! Sounds exciting. How old are your eldest children? We cater for 2-9 year olds. If that’s a good fit we’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your children will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
A wonderful idea that would be ideal as a present
Hey Mandy. Yes, we think so too! In fact lot’s of people agreed with you over the Christmas period. Wahoo!
We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
id love this for my nephew who loves reading
Hey Janine. Brilliant! We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your nephew will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored for your nephew directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
Wow what a great idea ????
Hey Rachael. It’s amazing that you think giving a child books that they will love, is a great idea. We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
This is my kind of subscription box!
Hey Rachel. Yeah! Glad you think so. It’s amazing that you think giving a child books that they will love, is amazing. We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
We also just left you a short note via email. 🙂
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
These books sound fab . Perfect for keeping the grandkids quiet whilst im on babysitting duty
Hey Deborah. A unique possible use! We’d not heard that one before but sounds like you’re exactly right. We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
I think this service is a great idea.
Hey Monica. It’s amazing that you think giving a child books that they will love, is amazing. We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
Lovely Idea :0)
What a great idea
Hey Cath. It’s amazing that you think giving a child books that they will love, is amazing. We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
what a great idea, i love reading to my little boy
Hey Danielle! It’s amazing that you think giving a child books that they will love, is amazing. Our customers sound just like you – often they tell us they have structured reading times in the morning and evening! We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
Love comps so thanks for the chance to win
fab books 🙂
Wilf sounds like a great book service!
Hey Donna. It’s amazing that you think giving a child books that they will love, is amazing. We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
Nice that the books are tailored to each child
Hey Jo. Thanks for the kind words! We totally agree. It’s actually proven that where children read according to their passions and interests, they are more likely to develop a passion for learning and reading – a core objective of ours! 🙂
We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
fantastic x
A fabulous selection of books!
What a fabulous idea 🙂 I love the way WILF books works, and having the choice of being able to keep all books or send books back is a great idea
Hey Victoria. So pleased to read that you think the concept of giving back is great. It’s a really important founding principle of ours. We’re also currently in the middle of setting up a partnership with SchoolAid to enable us to give to give to a wider community too!
We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
I love the idea of this !! I would love to give it a try for my little book worms !!
Hey Rebekah. It’s amazing that you think giving a child books that they will love, is amazing. Go ahead and give it a try! Or perhaps for now we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
Great idea, I like that you can pause your subscription, grandchildren have fads about reading
Hey Julie! ABSOLUTELY. My Grandmother subscribes herself for my little brother – and loves it. She hasn’t stopped yet, fingers crossed her fad lasts as long as possible! We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your (grand)child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
This is a great idea if you have avid readers.
Hey Laura. Super happy that you think that! We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
They sound amazing – great prize 🙂 x
Hey Minnie. It’s amazing that you think giving a child books that they will love, is amazing. We’d like to know if we can help you in putting the very best books that your child(ren) will love directly into their hands?
If so, you can receive free book recommendations tailored to your child directly from us. Just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DTBKNLY
Best,
Callum Leslie-Draper
Co-Founder, WILF Books
These are great for bookworms.
I think that this is a super idea and really useful. Thank you for your information about it.
My niece is a keen reader, so this prize sounds amazing for her.
they look like great books, well designed and tailored to the child age
I’ve seen adult versions of book subscriptions before great to see one out their for kiddies too!
This sounds absolutely great. My 8 year is really into reading at the moment and his teacher has advised more complexed books. He has a big collection of Roald Dahl books, the Famous 5 and for Christmas I got him the 1st Harry Potter book and also the new David wialliams book. I’m so happy that he loves to read
we love reading and these books look fantastic to keep the kids interested xx
The books looks great. Brill giveaway!
I love the idea that you can send unwanted/no longer used books back x
What a great idea
My daughter would love this fantastic set of books.
Me and my son would love this fab set of books and he has just started to be able to read so this would be ideal to improve his reading confidence with books he will enjoy
Great idea! I always struggle for inspiration and knowing what will be suitable for my daughter x
Wilf books looks like great books
Wonderful books my nieces daughters would love these xx
Look like great books to read together
the kids love books!
I love the idea of a book subscription box – these books look great
my daughter would love these x
Fab set of books, fingers crossed
This is an excellent idea, my son loves books
What lovely selection of books. The children would really enjoy them.
What a great idea for our little bookworms.
Excellent prize!
Looks great, would love to win xx
I think this is a fabulous idea, and a brilliant way to encourage children to read. My daughter would love this as she is a very avid reader and is always needing new books to read.
This is such a lovely idea.
Love that they redistribute any unwanted books. x
fantastic kids books, with stories that can be told time and time again! 😀
These look great and I love the illustrations.
What a fantastic idea