Name: Macaw children's book subscription
Brand: Parrot Street Book Club
Price: 14.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Hands holding up a book with the accompanying activities from the subscription box laid out behind.

The contents of a the Macaw subscriber welcome pack including an embroidered patch, pencil, bookmark and welcome notes.

Video showing what's inside a typical monthly Parrot Street Book Club box for Macaws, aged 12 to 14. A chapter book and accompanying materials in a handy A5 bundle. Includes an exclusive bookmark with a note from the author and further reading recommendations. Age-appropriate activity ideas, book club-style questions and stickers. Choose between 2 books each month or opt to get both!

Price

Choose 'Two children' and they will receive one book to share but two of everything else

How many children?

One child

Two children

How many books per month?

One book

Two books

Subscriptions auto-renew but renewal can be stopped at any time

Free UK shipping

Exclusive subscriber benefits

Supporting a UK literacy charity

Secure payments

Recyclable packaging

Books with activities for tweens and teens

Keep their excitement for reading alive with a monthly book subscription box designed specifically for children navigating those early secondary school years.

Choose between two brand-new, carefully curated and age-appropriate chapters books each month and enjoy bespoke activity ideas, exclusive author content and more with every book.

Our Macaw subscription boxes are shipped on the 14th of each month. Your first letterbox-friendly parcel will arrive midway through the month after you set up the subscription.

To get subscribers excited in the meantime, we send out a welcome pack containing a welcome note, pencil, bookmark and embroidered patch within 2 working days of receiving your order.

All our rolling subscriptions auto-renew at the end of each term for your convenience. You can opt to stop the renewal at any time before the payment is taken via your account page or by email to us.

Shipping to the UK is included in the subscription price.

We also ship to international destinations - additional shipping charges will be added at checkout.

Our international shipping prices

Refund and Return Policy

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Why this subscription for your 12 to 14-year old?

Our Macaw subscription is perfectly pitched for this age group, helping kids to keep enjoying high-quality books whilst respecting that their reading habits have matured.

Subscribers are offered the choice between two great books each month, reflecting their growing independence and giving them the opportunity to chart their own reading adventure.

However, you may like to super-size the subscription and opt to receive both books every month (select ‘Two books’ above).

"My son loves the books you send. The Macaw subscription has really challenged him in terms of themes, styles of book etc., which is exactly what we were hoping for."

~Chris, happy subscriber

What's in each monthly box?

A tween boy holding a substantial chapter book from a Parrot Street Book Club Macaw subscription box

Chapter book(s)

For this age group we know that the book is the main event. We pick books that we feel sit comfortably between the middle grade (usually aimed at 8 to 12-year-olds) and young adult categories.

The books are challenging and thought-provoking with more complex themes than most middle grade novels but without focusing too much on the teenage angst and romantic struggles common in YA books.

Books in this category are typically over 200 pages in length with no illustrations.

Activity pack

Each book comes with book club-style questions, activity ideas, jokes and exclusive author content, along with stickers and a review card.

There is also additional and exclusive online content to accompany each book.

Extra benefits

Subscribers also have access to an exclusive monthly competition to win a fabulous prize from our publisher partners.

For every box we ship to a subscriber we also make a donation of 50p to UK literacy charity Coram Beanstalk. We are proud to support the amazing work they do placing reading helpers in schools across the UK.

Managing the subscription

Our monthly book choices are shared in an email to the account holder on 2nd of the month. You simply need to click a button to pick your book.

Additionally, we can send this email (plus notification of dispatch and the subscriber exclusive competition) to the child if they have an email address.

You will be able to share the child’s email address after the subscription has been set up.

TWO CHILDREN OPTION

Buying for siblings?

Our 'Two children' option is only suitable when both children are in the same reading group.

Every parcel will be addressed to them both and they will receive two of everything except the book itself which can be shared.

If the siblings are in different reading groups they will each need a separate subscription so that they can receive books that are suitable for their reading and interest level.

For guidance, we say that our Parakeets are roughly 5 to 8, Cockatoos 8 to 12 and Macaws 12 to 14 years old.

Want to start reading immediately?

You might like to consider adding one of our previous subscription boxes to your order, which will be shipped straight away.

The first box in your new subscription will be sent the month after you subscribe.

Past Macaw packs...

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What the World Doesn't See book and activity pack

Stateless book and activity pack

Good for Nothing book and activity pack

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Hotel Magnifique book and activity pack

The Girl Who Broke the Sea book and activity pack

Brilliant Stories

The fact that the books are wrote by authors that aren't so well known is just pure genius as they are completely new. Very well presented upon delivery. Would highly recommend Parrot Street to everyone as they are doing a tremendous job. Keeping children engaged in reading bu using their subscription service is so important at any age. Well done Parrot Street!

Fantastic read

My daughter was so excited when her first book dropped through the letterbox.
She began looking through the book and reading it immediately.

I have a huge passion for books, and want to pass that to my daughter.
We read the book together each night, and the story itself has opened a world of imagination for her.
On a recent walk, she was so excited to find a pond and imagined it to be that of the one in the story and imagined what the characters would be doing.

We can’t wait for our second book to arrive!

Amazing

It is genuinely amazing to have found something both me and my boy adore! We received our first book this month and we have loved spending time before bed reading a chapter or 2, and going through the activity pack now we have finished the book. I cannot help but recommend both Parrot Street and our first book to everyone. Cannot wait for our next book in January!

General offering

We loved your books. The subscription is a wonderful idea, the activities always thoughtful, many of them fun. Sadly, my girls have now outgrown the selection. I will miss you!

Such good books and engaging content

So grateful to Parrot Street for opening my kids' eyes to new authors, genres and publishers. They've read such a good variety and it has definitely helped them with their English at school too. We've often gone on to buy other books by the same authors.

Recently I've been really grateful for the older age group, Macaw, which has helped us navigate the new world of YA fiction.

Cant recommend Parrot Street highly enough!

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Macaw children's book subscription

Macaw children's book subscription

Books with activities for tweens and teens

Why this subscription for your 12 to 14-year old?

What's in each monthly box?

Chapter book(s)

Activity pack

Extra benefits

Managing the subscription

Buying for siblings?

Want to start reading immediately?

Past Macaw packs...

Customer Reviews

Supporting literacy in schools

Give £10, Get £10 scheme

Reading for empathy guide

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