Your home. Your own library.
Start a Hungry Brain Home Library for families in your neighbourhood. Work from home, about one day a week. We set up everything: the kits, the app, the guidance for your families and the designs for your library.
Earn ₹50,000/month*
from year 2
40 registrations × 4 levels × ₹4,000. Before GST and running costs.
From home
No shop, no rent. A cupboard of kits is your library.
1 day a week
Choose your library day and run exchanges your way.
50 kits per level
Ready-to-use kits with bags, delivered to you.
No experience needed
The app and videos guide your families. Our team helps.
Hungry Brain began exactly where you are: a library at home.
On 9 December 2003, our founder Hemali Gada started lending toys and books to families from her home in Kandivali West, Mumbai. That little library grew into Toyland Library, then Kiddos Library, and then into Hungry Brain. The Home Library hands you the model she built, with everything we’ve learned since.
Start with one level. Grow with your families.
Each level matches a preschool year. Start with the level your neighbourhood needs most, and add the next as your families' children grow.
1. Storybook
Builds language while laying a strong foundation for values and ethics.
2. Thinking Skills Game
Practice in observation, focus, memory and problem-solving.
3. Learning activity
Encourages children to look closely, ask questions and work things out.
Clear numbers. No surprises.
₹1,25,000
+ GST per level · initial payment only
You receive
50 ready-to-use kits with bags, delivered to you, plus the app, family guidance and library designs.
Annual charge
₹1,000 per registration, per year. Applied from year 2, not in year 1.
Registration fees you collect are entirely yours.
For a family, ₹5,000 a year is less than ₹14 a day for a new storybook, game and activity on every library day.
Earn ₹50,000/month* from year 2.
Year 1, one level: 40 families × ₹5,000 less ₹1,25,000 = ₹75,000, plus ₹20,000 in registration fees if you collect them. Break-even is 25 families. Try your own numbers.
Work out your library
Move the sliders. Every figure updates as you go.
Year 1 earnings
₹95,000
40 × 1 × ₹5,000 fees = ₹2,00,000, less ₹1,25,000 setup, plus ₹20,000 registration fees.
✓ Past break-even (25 families per level)
From year 2, every year
₹1,60,000
40 × 1 × ₹4,000 (₹5,000 fee less the ₹1,000 annual charge per registration).
Monthly average from year 2
₹13,333
per month*
*Examples before GST and your own running costs, not a guarantee. Earnings depend on registrations; fees are collected yearly. The setup is ₹1,25,000 + GST per level as an initial payment.
- *Year 2 example: 40 registrations × 4 levels × ₹4,000 = ₹6,40,000 a year, about ₹53,333 a month on average.
- ₹4,000 = the ₹5,000 annual family fee less the ₹1,000 annual charge, applied from year 2.
- Year 1, one level: 40 × ₹5,000 less ₹1,25,000 = ₹75,000. Break-even is 25 families paying ₹5,000.
- Figures exclude GST and your own running costs. Earnings depend on registrations; fees are collected yearly. These are examples, not a guarantee.
Simple to run. Supported by us.
Register the parent
Add the borrowing parent to your library in the app.
Give a home kit
Give a kit and record the allocation in the app.
Receive and check
Check the returned kit and update the app.
Choose your day and your exchange process. The app keeps kit allocations, activity records and parents' feedback together.
Guidelines + videos
Step-by-step guidance for using each kit.
Team guidance
Our team helps parents understand the games.
Photo journey
Parents can save photos of learning moments.
Designed collateral for your library.
- Stationery and promotional designs
- Library cards and kit badges
- Parents can register at hungrybrain.in
- Library locator: coming soon
Questions from future library owners
For Home Library owners
Who can start a Home Library?+
Any parent who wants meaningful work from home, especially mothers who have paused a career for a young child. You don't need teaching experience. The app and the videos guide your families, and our team helps them understand the games.
How much does it cost to start?+
₹1,25,000 + GST per level, as an initial payment. You can start with one level. From year 2 there is an annual charge of ₹1,000 per registration.
What do I get?+
50 ready-to-use kits with bags for each level, delivered to you; the library app; step-by-step guidelines and videos for your families; team guidance for your customers; and stationery and promotional designs for your library.
What do families pay me?+
₹5,000 a year as the annual library fee. You can also collect a first-time registration fee of ₹500 and a deposit of ₹1,500 (both optional). Registration fees you collect are entirely yours.
How much can I earn?+
In our example, 40 families in one level in year 1 pay ₹2,00,000 in fees, which is ₹75,000 above the ₹1,25,000 setup, plus ₹20,000 in registration fees if you collect them. Break-even is 25 families. From year 2, 40 families in each of four levels comes to about ₹53,333 a month on average. These exclude GST and your running costs and are not a guarantee. Try the calculator on the Home Library page.
How much time does it take?+
About one day a week. You choose your library day and how you run the exchanges.
Do I need a lot of space?+
No shop is needed. The kits come in slim bags; a cupboard or a set of shelves at home is enough to start.
Can I add levels later?+
Yes. Start with one level and add the next as your families' children grow.
How will parents find me?+
Your own neighbourhood, society and school groups are the usual start, and we give you designed promotional material. Parents can also register at hungrybrain.in, and a library locator is coming soon.
The app and support
What does the app do for parents?+
It shows them exactly how to use each week's kit, with simple guidelines and step-by-step videos. Parents can share feedback on each item and save photos of their child exploring, which build into the child's photo journey.
What does it do for the school or library owner?+
It keeps every record for you: who is enrolled, which child has which kit, what came back, each child's activity history and the parents' feedback. No registers, no spreadsheets.
Will someone show us how to use it?+
Yes. We set your library up, walk your team through the app and the admin panel, and stay a call or a message away.
Which phones does it run on?+
Android and iPhone. The library lives inside the Hungry Brain app.
Book a virtual kit + app demo.
See the kits, try the app and ask us anything about running a Home Library. No obligation, and we'll answer every question about the numbers.