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This looks really great! The browsing part of book/record/media stores never translated online for me, even if finding something specific became instantaneous.

by croon 6y ago

This looks really great! The browsing part of book/record/media stores never translated online for me, even if finding something specific became instantaneous. Slight hijacking: Does anyone have any tips on how to find/browse books for children of varying ages? When I google I find mostly listicles with maybe a couple of takeaways, and amazon categories aren't very helpful to me. Commonsensemedia (a nonprofit) is good for evaluating some specific piece of media, and has some curated lists, but I'm hoping there's something better for discovery. My 3 year old loves books, but isn't reading a lot on her own just yet, but any recommendations in the ~5-6yo range welcome. She likes science, food, superheroes, inventions, fantasy probably works too.

bwb 6y ago
Thanks! I have a 4-year-old so trying to figure out how to make this work for children's book is high on my list (I am hoping to ship a full Children's and YA section toward the Fall 2021). I did try a round of emailing teachers to see if they would be interested in recommending books but that didn't work. I am running tests now with children's authors to see how well that works. And, I am hoping toward the end of the year to use the Ingram API to show age recommendations on books and sort it so you can find books for specific ages (i want this too)... Personally, I spend a lot of time on Amazon reviews to try to sort through and find good kids books. I still get a fair number of duds there that we give away. My son is 4 and his favorites right now is the dory fantasmagory series. Some others he loves are big blue truck, snail and the whale (great book and all their books are amazing), gruffalo, mixed up chameleon, the tiger who came to tea, good day good night, Lion Inside (all their books are good), here we are (ditto for his books), the darkest dark (by astronaut), and Giraffes can't dance.
- croon 6y ago
  Glad it's on the roadmap! > My son is 4 and his favorites right now is the dory fantasmagory series. Some others he loves are big blue truck, snail and the whale (great book and all their books are amazing), gruffalo, mixed up chameleon, the tiger who came to tea, good day good night, Lion Inside (all their books are good), here we are (ditto for his books), the darkest dark (by astronaut), and Giraffes can't dance. Perfect. We only have a few of those, and the Gruffalo is a real hit, so I'll definitely check out the others. Thanks a bunch!
  - bwb 6y ago
    No problem :), have you seen the Gruffalo on Amazon Prime? It is very well done, and they have also done Snail and the Whale and Witch on a Broom.
    - croon 6y ago
      I did, and was impressed, but she found it a bit scarier than my reading rendition, so she didn't like it. :)
  - loloquwowndueo 6y ago
    The darkest dark by astronaut Chris Hadfield FTFY
loloquwowndueo 6y ago
To get started with reading we found the “endless reader” apps really caught children’s interest and are quite well done. They help introduce the basics of recognizing words and spelling in an interactive way. Use in conjunction with actual books of course :) Elephant and Piggie (Mo Willems) are great, they have simple pictures and large, short colourful text mostly in word bubbles, and the stories are quite fun and tend to have plot twists (children love surprises). Highly recommended. We also had a lot of success with good old Dr. Seuss classics, though those will take a bit longer as they are more complex (though this should give you an idea of how simple Elephant and Piggie are heh)

by croon 6y ago

bwb 6y ago

Thanks! I have a 4-year-old so trying to figure out how to make this work for children's book is high on my list (I am hoping to ship a full Children's and YA section toward the Fall 2021). I did try a round of emailing teachers to see if they would be interested in recommending books but that didn't work. I am running tests now with children's authors to see how well that works. And, I am hoping toward the end of the year to use the Ingram API to show age recommendations on books and sort it so you can find books for specific ages (i want this too)... Personally, I spend a lot of time on Amazon reviews to try to sort through and find good kids books. I still get a fair number of duds there that we give away. My son is 4 and his favorites right now is the dory fantasmagory series. Some others he loves are big blue truck, snail and the whale (great book and all their books are amazing), gruffalo, mixed up chameleon, the tiger who came to tea, good day good night, Lion Inside (all their books are good), here we are (ditto for his books), the darkest dark (by astronaut), and Giraffes can't dance.

croon 6y ago
Glad it's on the roadmap! > My son is 4 and his favorites right now is the dory fantasmagory series. Some others he loves are big blue truck, snail and the whale (great book and all their books are amazing), gruffalo, mixed up chameleon, the tiger who came to tea, good day good night, Lion Inside (all their books are good), here we are (ditto for his books), the darkest dark (by astronaut), and Giraffes can't dance. Perfect. We only have a few of those, and the Gruffalo is a real hit, so I'll definitely check out the others. Thanks a bunch!
- bwb 6y ago
  No problem :), have you seen the Gruffalo on Amazon Prime? It is very well done, and they have also done Snail and the Whale and Witch on a Broom.
  - croon 6y ago
    I did, and was impressed, but she found it a bit scarier than my reading rendition, so she didn't like it. :)
- loloquwowndueo 6y ago
  The darkest dark by astronaut Chris Hadfield FTFY

loloquwowndueo 6y ago

To get started with reading we found the “endless reader” apps really caught children’s interest and are quite well done. They help introduce the basics of recognizing words and spelling in an interactive way. Use in conjunction with actual books of course :) Elephant and Piggie (Mo Willems) are great, they have simple pictures and large, short colourful text mostly in word bubbles, and the stories are quite fun and tend to have plot twists (children love surprises). Highly recommended. We also had a lot of success with good old Dr. Seuss classics, though those will take a bit longer as they are more complex (though this should give you an idea of how simple Elephant and Piggie are heh)