Comments on: By Popular Demand! Library Book Lists for Preschoolers and Young Children!

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 02:07:28 +0000

Thank you for showing me where to go! Those are wonderful lists! Grateful for all the classic book suggestions and for your reply. I apologize for not realizing they were already there!

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 20:06:34 +0000

In reply to Joanna.

Joanna,

Thank you for your kind words and candid feedback! I always appreciate when DoSayGive readers take the time to give feedback and we always take it into consideration. I am sorry that this does not sit well with you but hopefully shedding a little more light onto this will help you understand why we charge for them.

Since I started DoSayGive eight years ago I have loved getting good books into the hands of so many families. I agree that we should try to make our book suggestions free of charge as much as we can. That’s why if you click on the Children’s Books tab on our home page you find a plethora of book suggestions, lists, and posts all at no cost:http://143.198.115.46/category/motherhood-and-children/classic-childrens-book/

And if you follow us on Instagram Stories we’ve provided lots of videos with free book suggestions in our highlights, too!

But as you said, they are more than book lists. They are book-based activity lists that thoughtfully incorporate nature, art, music, crafts, and fine and gross motor skills within a particular theme. These lists are quite unique from most preschool book and activity lists and required a lot of research, editing and design work from our team. (DoSayGive currently employs six full and part time employees and contractors.) For these reasons, we cannot give them away for free and feel $6 is more than fair for the content created by our team. However, if you just want fall book recommendations, you can find many in this post: http://143.198.115.46/classic-childrens-books-for-fall/

Thanks so much for your understanding and let me know if you would like to sample one of our book-based activity lists. Happy to send a code to you!

Sincerely,
Lee Cordon

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 22:09:09 +0000

Hi Lee,
First, I cannot tell you how grateful I am for you and dosaygive! You have encouraged me in my thoughtfulness for gift giving and graciousness in responses for everyday situations as well as the more difficult ones. Also, Christmas used to feel much more stressful, but your gift guides and now the prep club have been invaluable to me!

One suggestion I do have is to make your book lists for children free of charge. I know you put a lot of time and thought into them, but something doesn’t sit right with me to charge for a book list. Maybe the list that includes activities along with it could be the item that costs money? Just a suggestion! I know mamas want to try and give their children the best literature they are able to and a free book list might be beneficial to those on a tighter budget.
I hope you and your family are enjoying autumn in Texas!