Comments on: Beyond Board Books – What Jasper is Reading Now

By: Happy 21 Months Jasper! | Becoming Mom – Mommy Blog and Photography

Happy 21 Months Jasper! | Becoming Mom – Mommy Blog and Photography — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:18:21 +0000

[...] you are obsessed with the Brave Cowboy, you carry the book around everywhere and read it to yourself. I even convinced you to put on the [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:42:06 +0000

For bookshelves, if you want something heavy duty, you might look at preschool classroom furniture. There are a few discount sites with decent pricing:

http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/NewDSS/Product/ProductList.aspx?category=230

http://www.worthingtondirect.com/school_furniture/early_childhood_furniture/book_displays_and_book_storage.htm

http://www.ecmdstore.com/Category/Category.aspx?category=14

http://www.communityplaythings.com/products/shelving/index.html

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:37:48 +0000

Lucy’s shoes, Lucy’s bathrobes, Lucy’s teapots – love, love, love the illustrations in those books! (I keep reading though that they’ve done a redesign and that newer versions of the books have much less detailed drawings. So sad!)

So glad Jasper is enjoying McDuff. He might enjoy “McDuff Comes Home” too because McDuff gets to go for a ride in a motorcycle sidecar.!

Ginger loves Curious George too! Although she has this weird thing about Curious George/Trader Joe’s. She refers to both as “Curious Joe’s.”

By: ariana

ariana — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:23:03 +0000

Thanks so much Ava!!

By: Ava

Ava — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:22:46 +0000

Ok,
Here’s a list of the book I enjoy reading

* Too many frogs – Asher/Graves
* How do dinosaurs get well soon – Yolen/Teague
* Incredible Me – Appelt/Karas
* Naked mole rat gets dressed – Willems
* Llama, llama mad at mamma – Dewdney
* Falling for Rapunzel – Wilcox/Monks
* Goodnight Opus – Breathed
* Starry safari – Ashman/Mack
* Late for school – Calmenson/Yoshikawa
* Dinosaur’s binket – Boynton (OK, this is a board book, but one of G’s faves)
* Pajama time – Boynton (board book too, but G makes us read it every day)
* Cinder the bubble blowing dragon – Adnerson

Yeah, we have a lot more books than this, but these are at least mine and G’s faves. S can chime in with his own.

By: Ava

Ava — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:43:32 +0000

Oooh, G has a pretty nice collection of bigger kid books. I will have to send you a list of what we have. I’ve actually started a collection of non-board, non-hard-cover books. I just make sure that I read them, and he can only turn the pages. Also I store them on a shelf he can’t reach.

Anyway, I’ll get you a list this week-end.

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:00:41 +0000

I saw a super cute DIY idea. rain gutters aa book shelves!
Here is the link http://raisingolives.com/2009/07/raingutter-book-shelves-tutorial/

they are pretty cute!

By: ariana

ariana — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:49:44 +0000

Audra, Ikea is always a great option!

Sarah, thanks :) I have always thought that One Step ahead bookshelf was an AMAZING value!! And cute to boot! It reminds me of the one Kari posted which is really classic looking, but more pricey.

By: Audra

Audra — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:42:40 +0000

We picked up the classic Ikea Expedit 2×4…or I would love the 4×4 if we had the room! The 2×4 can be turned long or tall ways, depending on the space. Ikea just dropped their prices on the Expedit so I bet you can get it for under $100.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:41:25 +0000

I’ve been reading your blog for about 9 months now and haven’t posted before, but wanted to say a few things:

I always look forward to your posts; they are so relatable and fun to read.

My son (17 mos) love the Curious George Collection, too. If it keeps up we may have a George B-day party in our future!

I got my small bookcase from Staples (it’s just laminate, but it was 20 dollars and a good fit for our room) but if I had to do it over again I would get the one from One Step Ahead because my idea of a toddler keeping books stacked neatly on a shelf has proven to be totally misguided. My friend has One Step Ahead’s and it’s nice and small:

my bookcase: http://www.staples.com/Staples-White-Wooden-Bookcase-2-Shelf-30/product_481276?cmArea=SEARCH

One Step Ahead’s: http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=536401&parentCategoryId=85182&categoryId=85213