Personalised children's book curation
You want to read with your child. You want your child to read. But which book? And when?
In this oversaturated and overwhelming bookscape, substitute the time you'd spendresearching, sourcing, buying, vetting, storing
with letting Lightship do the work for you.
Raise an intellectually and imaginatively nourished human.
Go beyond popular bestsellers to the absolute BEST of children's literature.
About Lightship
What is Lightship?
A children's library subscription service. Professionally curated book selections matched to your child's world, delivered to your doorstep.
We tell you
book
to introduce it
it'll work
to use it as a tool for joy and deep learning
Children
Here are 5000+ books, handpicked to delight you. To ask you, to answer you, to hug you, and laugh with you, to challenge you and grow with you. To meet you as you are, as you will become, as you will seek and search.
Parents
Take a break. We've got you. We're parents and children too! I've searched, so you don't have to. I've sourced, so you can simply curl up and read aloud. I've trialled, and tested, so that books arrive children vetted (and loved!). And I've studied, to professionally offer you relevant books to decode life and its varied conversations.
Children and Parents, all YOU have to do is talk to us.
Tell us what you like, and we'll send you books you'll love.
Your next favourite book is waiting to be discovered!
100+
members
1000+
book deliveries
5,000+
stories to spark curiosity and joy
Unlimited
Connections
Lightship Pop-Ups have participated at the
Godrej Conscious Collective · Kala Ghoda Festival · The Play Summit · The Steps Festival · Garmi ki Chutti · Comini FleaPlay
Our collection
A glimpse of the shelf.
Why Lightship
You're choosing
Reading on autopilot
An infusion of high quality books.
Raising a Reader / Leader
Build language, critical thinking and socio-emotional skills for life.
Creating Family Rhythms
Strengthen parent-child relationships.
Early and Lasting Literacy
Small steps today create large strides tomorrow.
Stories stir: imagination, curiosity, critical thinking, language, expression.
Stories stick: in our hearts, in our thoughts, in our hands, on our tongue, in our bodies.
Stories steer: ideas, conversations, visions, imagination.
Stories support: dialogue, perspective, empathy, cognition, relationships, leadership.
Stories stimulate: creativity, movement, sharing, joy, speech.
Stories spellbind: revisit, repeat, rephrase, remember, relive.
We are a story, stories are all around us.
How it works
Make Lightship Library work for you.
Sign Up Today
Tell us about your reader via a short intake form: share interests, preferred activities and recurrent conversations, both at home and school.
Read Tomorrow
Neha will handpick and deliver a set of books to meet your child where they currently are.
Circle Back
Book curation starts with your preferences, and improves as you and your reader provide feedback.
Raise a family of Readers
Substitute the time you'd spend hunting for the right book, with actually reading together; on autopilot!
Membership
A plan built around your child.
Leap
8 books every two weeks
₹8,000 · 3 months · 16 books a month
Lite
4 books every week
A short easy read for new kids
₹3,000 · 3 months · 16 books a month
Get in touch
Begin your reading journey with us.
Tell us a little about your child and we'll put together a first selection. We usually reply within a day.