Welcome to bookishdad.com (the "Site," "we," "us," or "I" — again, one-person operation, pronoun consistency is aspirational). By using this Site you agree to these Terms of Use. If you don't agree, you don't have to use the Site, though you'll be missing some genuinely good book reviews.
What this site is
Bookish Dad is a personal website featuring children's book reviews, essays about reading with kids, a book discovery tool, and an optional weekly newsletter. The reviews and opinions here are my own, based on books I've actually read to my own children. Nothing is sponsored. Nobody pays me to say anything. I bought the books myself.
Your use of our content
Everything on this Site — the reviews, essays, ratings, the book database, the AI book finder, and the site's design and structure — was created, compiled, and arranged by us, using our own methods and considerable amounts of late-night effort after the kids were in bed. This content is protected by U.S. copyright law and international treaties.
You're welcome to read it, share links to it, quote short passages with attribution, and recommend it to friends who also have opinions about picture books. What you may not do:
- Copy, reproduce, republish, or redistribute our content in whole or in substantial part without permission.
- Use our content commercially — in a paid product, service, or publication — without written permission.
- Scrape this Site using robots, spiders, crawlers, or any automated tool for the purpose of reproducing, aggregating, or competing with our content. We have a
robots.txt. Please read it. - Use our book database, ratings, or compiled metadata to build a competing product or service.
- Misrepresent our content as your own, or use it in a way that undermines our ability to keep this Site running.
If you want to use something in a way that isn't covered above, email me at hello@bookishdad.com and just ask. I'm a reasonable person.
The AI book finder and chatbot
This Site includes an AI-powered book recommendation tool. A few things to know about it:
- It's designed to help parents find children's books. It is not designed to, and will not, help with anything else. If you try to use it for something unrelated to finding kids' books, it will politely decline and stay in its lane.
- Recommendations are generated by AI based on a curated book database. They are suggestions, not guarantees. Book availability, editions, and details may vary.
- The chatbot is rate-limited per session to keep costs manageable for a one-person site. Be patient with it. It's doing its best.
- Do not attempt to manipulate, jailbreak, or abuse the chatbot. It's here to help you find books for your kids, not to be a test case for prompt injection.
Advertising
This Site displays advertising served by Google AdSense. Google may use cookies to show ads based on your browsing history. For more on how Google uses this data and how to opt out of personalized advertising, see the Privacy Policy. Ads are clearly labeled. I have no control over which specific ads appear, and the presence of an ad is not an endorsement of the advertiser.
Affiliate links and book recommendations
Some links on this Site may be affiliate links — if you click through and buy a book, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. I'll note this where it's relevant. It doesn't change what I say about a book. I'm not going to tell you a book is good if it isn't just because someone's paying me a nickel when you click.
The newsletter
If you subscribe to the weekly email digest, you're agreeing to receive approximately one email per week containing links to new reviews and posts. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in every email. We don't share, sell, or rent subscriber lists. Full details are in the Privacy Policy.
Not professional advice
This is a book review site run by a parent who reads a lot. It is not operated by a licensed educator, child development specialist, librarian, or any other credentialed professional. Book recommendations are opinions. Age range suggestions are guidelines. Your kid is a specific human being with their own preferences, reading level, and tolerance for books about trucks, and you know them better than I do.
Third-party links
The Site contains links to external websites — publishers, author sites, booksellers, and so on. Once you leave this Site, these Terms of Use no longer apply. We don't endorse every site we link to, and we're not responsible for their content, practices, or privacy policies.
Disclaimer of warranties
This Site and its content are provided "as is." We make no warranties — express or implied — that the Site will be error-free, uninterrupted, or that any information on it is complete, accurate, or current. Book information (ISBNs, page counts, ratings) is provided in good faith and may not reflect the most current edition or data.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Bookish Dad and its operator shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of this Site, inability to access the Site, or reliance on any content found here. If you buy a book on my recommendation and your kid doesn't like it, I sympathize, but that's parenting.
Changes to these terms
These Terms may be updated from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will change when they do. Significant changes will get a note explaining what's different. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms.
Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Contact
Questions about these Terms: hello@bookishdad.com.