BRILLIANT books for
big feelings
Our child development experts have identified the best books to support kids as they tackle the milestones and challenges of growing up.
As a parent, Sociemo offers you an easy, enjoyable way to connect with your child or teen and over time, nurture important life skills to make them happier and more resilient.
Build them strong
You can’t wrap kids up in cotton wool forever. Discover how Sociemo’s book-based programme helps you raise them strong and sensible, ready to take on the big wide world - and win!
The Life-skills Reading Club
Sooner or later, life throws everyone a curveball. Make sure your child is ready with Sociemo’s expert-curated book library!
Our books are grouped into 4 age categories: 0-2 years, 2-4 years, 4-8 years and 8-12 years. Within these, you’ll find books that explore BIG themes such as friendships, being confident, building independence, embracing diversity, dealing with bullies and protecting mental health – all framed in a way that kids can understand and relate to.
The books come with our unique parent guide, designed to help you help your child to understand themselves and the world around them, while developing key skills like self-confidence, empathy and a positive mindset.
Our unique parent guides
From toddlerhood to the teenage years, what’s going on inside your child’s head can feel like a mystery - but with Sociemo, it doesn’t have to be!
We’ve simplified the science around brain development so you can understand your child better, and identified the best books to help you build their social and emotional skills at any age.
Our parent guides offer expert insights into how your child’s body and brain respond to big emotions, plus conversation prompts and fun ideas to help you get the most from your Sociemo subscription.
Become your child’s best coach
Children learn by observing and imitating the adults around them.
Sociemo helps parents set a great example for their child’s lifelong emotional wellbeing by turning story time into precious time to talk and listen about feelings, worries and challenges.
Using our books and parent guides, you’ll learn together why we have emotions, how they make us feel, and how we can control our feelings when they get too big. As your child grows, they’ll take these skills with them out into the world, helping them to build resilience, confidence and strong relationships for life.
Your Sociemo, your choice
Parenthood is full of chores - but Sociemo won’t be one of them! We’ve made our programme easy, enjoyable and completely flexible so it fits effortlessly into your busy life.
Select the age group most appropriate for your child
Choose your plan - how many books you want per month
Select books you know your child will love
No teaching skills required - lean on our expertise
Pause or cancel any time
Explore the books
Our books are chosen by child development experts
Short tips to help get the most from your books
Interactive tools to help grow your child’s Sociemo
Dr Carmel Gallagher – FOunder of Sociemo
“A book subscription club for kids (and parents) designed to develop social and emotional intelligence”
FAQs
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Sociemo is short for social and emotional intelligence. It includes skills such as self-awareness, managing ourselves, understanding others, building positive relationships, and making good decisions. These skills are developed throughout childhood and adolescence, and are important for helping us navigate life’s ups and downs.
And if you’re wondering how to say it - think “So-chee-mo”
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You get to choose how many books you receive each month - just select a 1, 2 or 3 month plan and we’ll take care of the rest. The plans are designed to help your child cover key themes and topics over 12 month cycles but you can speed that up or slow down to suit your lifestyle and needs.
Younger kids might enjoy 3 books per month for variety, while older bookworms might only get through 1 or 2 books per month.
And remember - you can pause, cancel or change your plan at anytime
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The Sociemo book library has been hand-picked by our founder, Carmel. Each book is chosen because it successfully conveys an important social or emotional message. However, we also understand that reading should be fun - so you’ll find books from award-winning authors and illustrators, packed with lovable characters and exciting storylines to grab your child’s attention!
Most of our books are story books, but we also provide a range of non-fiction titles for older children.
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Every child is different - so every Sociemo subscription can be too!
Our plans are tiered based on how many books you opt to receive each month - and also the age of your child, since baby board books cost less than chunky novels! Subscriptions start at just £9.99 a month, and range up to £24.99 a month.
But rest assured we’ve scanned the best suppliers for the best books to ensure Sociemo customers get great value for money every month. And remember - each book comes with our custom Sociemo Parent Guide, ensuring you get even greater value from every book.
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Our Parent Guides are designed to turn story time into a parenting superpower!
Almost like having a child development expert right there in the room with you, each one highlights the key Sociemo skills the book is focused on, and includes helpful, age-appropriate prompts to get your child thinking about the message in the story.
The Guides also contain fun facts about childhood development, plus activities and tips for additional learning.