Membership Benefits & Services
Benefits
It's easy to buy a book. It's not so easy to find the time to read the book.
With a membership in The Stuart Brent Children's Book Club, you'll be
sure that the books you receive are worth the time, the energy,
and the investment you put into them. In addition to the pleasure of the
book itself, each member becomes a part of our community of readers,
with all the benefits that come with it.
- Each selection arrives giftwrapped, with the member's name emblazoned on the top.
- Each selection has a postage paid reply card, to keep in touch and let us know your opinion of the book.
- A free subscription to our Book Club Gazette, our monthly newsletter filled with book reviews, book trivia, jokes, recipes, and most importantly, the members' reviews of the books they are reading.
- Best of all, each enrollment for six or more books will receive our Adventures in Reading Kit absolutely free. The Kit contains a personalized Announcement Scroll to tell the child who sent the gift, plus a Passport to Reading, Tickets to accompany the journey, a Treasure Map, some fun equipment to help along the way, plus a two page questionnaire to find out more about our new member for future selections. Of course, a self-addressed, postage paid envelope is included to return the questionnare to the Book Club.
These are tangible benefits. Perhaps most importantly, we hear over and over how a membership in The Stuart Brent Children's Book Club encourages children of all ages and reading levels, with completely diverse interests, to love books and reading.
How does reading really benefit a child? There is something important beyond the ability to read a bus schedule or directions. Probably the most difficult task of parenthood is helping a child to find meaning in his or her life. A child begins to find meaning as he begins to understand himself. This can happen through reading. In reading, a child can live the experiences of others, people in far flung places and times. Those precious moments of living, feeling another person's life is an important step in the development of self understanding, and self understanding is the beginning of understanding others. All children are essentially self centered. Helping them reach out from these narrow confines begins the process of becoming complete human beings. Reading can be the starting point to gain the spirit and joy of being fully alive and joined in the world. Click here for more on what reading and The Stuart Brent Children's Book Club can do for you.
We provide a service unlike any other
- We custom-select a book for each child—one that matches the
child's interests and reading level. - We then gift wrap each selection, write the child's name in big
letters on the package, and decorate the package with stickers. - We ship all packages via Federal Express Home Delivery—so the child
receives presents in the mail throughout the year. - We include a postage-paid reply card with each selection. Members can use the card to review the book they just received, make a special request, let us know they're moving or just say "hi."
- Each selection includes a copy of The Book Club Gazette, our fun and informative monthly newsletter.
- If a family wants to return a selection for any reason, they just send the book back to us and we will arrange for a refund, credit to your account or an exchange.
- And we're always available to talk to families about their children's reading.
If you have any further questions or comments, please drop us a line.
