Curio

What's in the box: Three age matched children's books in your chosen language, plus a reading guide for each book and online audio or video support.

Curio is a children's book subscription for families raising bilingual kids. It offers boxes in Spanish, French, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Each language has two age levels: Bud for babies and toddlers up to about age 3, and Sprout for children 4 and up. Every box holds three books and arrives once every three months, and the site says you can cancel anytime. Because boxes come only four times a year, your home library grows steadily without books piling up. The Spanish books come from Hispanic and Latino publishers. The French books come from independent publishers in France, Switzerland and Belgium. Curio describes its picks as award winning board books or hardcovers. Each title comes with a reading guide that has a summary, a glossary and follow up questions, which helps parents who are still building their own skills in the language. The Spanish and both Chinese options have audio read alongs on YouTube and Spotify, and the Chinese boxes add pinyin guides. French support is lighter, with pronunciation and Q&A videos instead of full read alongs. The homepage does not show prices, so check the cost before you commit. Curio is a book club and not a structured course, so it suits families who want authentic stories more than lesson plans.