One Mission, Two Decks
Because children’s literature deserves meaningful conversation and real space in your home.
The Book Party Belief
We don’t create family reading cultures with timers or mandates or siloed routines.
We create them fluidly, with care and joy: with inside jokes about characters that only your family notices; with well-worn spines and fresh library stacks; and, at the kitchen tables that liven up when someone asks a question that brings books and life together.
We find the right books and they find their way into our conversations; reading is a part of who we are, not just something we think we should do.
If this sounds like the family reading life you want: Welcome to Book Party.
Building a Reading Culture, One Small Moment at a Time
Who is this for?
First of all, these decks are for families with children of all ages. Use the cards that make sense now, and set aside the ones that don’t. Let every card inspire you to make it fit the children in front of you, as they are today.
Whether you read daily or want to read more, Book Party is for families who value reading. You trust that children’s literature is worth time and space, and you want to stay connected to your children as they learn and grow. You know that your children’s thoughts and imaginations are vibrant and important.
But you’re also human. You need ideas, reminders, and fresh inspiration. You know you don’t know everything, and you welcome fresh perspectives.
The Overview
Think of the decks like a book you don’t have to read start to finish. Pull what you need today. Leave the rest for next month, or next year, when your family’s in a different place. You can just focus on the right card, at the right moment, for the family in front of you.
The Say and Wonder deck is full of book conversation starters built for those in-between moments — while folding laundry, waiting in the dentist’s office, or walking to the corner store.
The Do and Remember deck is built for the long game: small rituals, ideas, and reminders for you, the grownup, that help reading become something your family reaches for habitually, not out of obligation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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It's not a routine, a chart, or a list of books your kids are supposed to read. A reading culture is what happens when books are just part of how your family already lives — talked about at dinner, picked up without being asked, remembered weeks later because someone brings them up in the car. It's built slowly, through small moments, not all at once.
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Start smaller than you think. One genuine question after a book — something with no right answer — does more than a sticker chart or a nightly mandate ever could. The goal isn't more reading time. It's reading that feels like something your family does together, not something one person does alone.
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Say and Wonder is built for conversation — prompts and questions for those in-between moments, like the car ride home or the few minutes before bed. Do and Remember is built for the long game — small rituals and ideas that help reading become part of your family's rhythm, not a separate task on the to-do list.
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Both. The prompts aren't tied to reading level or book difficulty — they're tied to connection. A reluctant reader and a kid who reads under the covers with a flashlight can pull the same card and have an equally good conversation.
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That’s more than okay. And honestly, isn’t it most of us at least sometimes? The questions and conversations work the same whether your child is into a graphic novel, a movie novelization, the newest Newbery winner, or your old copy of a well-loved classic. Respecting what they’re actually into is the whole point. The Do and Remember deck especially leans into this — it’s built to help you show up for whatever your kid is reading, not the version of reading you wish they loved.
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Please don’t! Pull one card when it feels right. Skip the ones that don't fit tonight. There's no wrong way to use the deck. That's kind of the whole philosophy.
What People Are Saying
Say Wonder Do Remember
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Both decks, single mission: celebrate children’s literature and the minds who read it.
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This card deck is filled with prompts and questions (60 total!) that invite actual creative, independent thinking. Nobody is reciting the plot or feeling quizzed because we're here for the connection and fun. Toss them in your bag and bring them on a family outing, and let all ages draw a card and ask the crowd. Keep them to yourself and pull a question from your brain when the right moment strikes. No rules, just ideas.
This 60 card deck is for the grownups. Think of it like a book about how to raise readers, but instead of highlighting and putting it away forever, you can pull the Remember cards — reminders to support your family’s reading life — you’d like to focus on and keep them out until you’re ready for something new.
The Do cards are ideas for your family — from fun ways to read together to ways to bring thinking about books to mealtime. Pick one and make it happen, or pick three and let your children choose the one they’d like to do this weekend. No rules, just ideas.