Hi, I'm Brandon — and I'm 12

About KiddReads

Built by a 12-year-old to help parents put the right book in every kid's hands — safely.

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My story (from a 12-year-old)

I'm Brandon — I'm 12, I'm from Vancouver, and I got fed up. Every "book discovery" site I tried was built by adults, for adults: ads everywhere, AI that invented book titles that don't exist, and no real way to filter for what a kid my age would actually want to read. So I started building the one I wished existed.

"I wanted a book site I'd actually use. I figured I'd have to build it myself."

What surprised me was who showed up: parents. You ask the questions that matter — how the catalogue's curated, what about COPPA, what's the catch — and you ask them for the right reasons. So I built this whole parent side for you. I'm still in school, still building. This is the start, not the finish.

Who's behind it

Just me — every page on this subdomain, every feature on the main site, every line of code, with a lot of late nights and patient parents. Got a question, an idea, or a feature your family would actually use? I read every email and usually reply within a day: [email protected].

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