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How do you organise your children's bookshelves?

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YunoYurbubson · 17/05/2010 18:19

By author?

By size?

By age group?

By publisher? (I have a friend who actually does this)

We have just taken delivery of a lovely new (to us) bookshelf for the children's room and I can't decide how to do it.

Is it very wrong that I am really looking forward to a lovely morning tomorrow shelving children's books? I shall probably have Rob Brydon on Desert Island Discs on Listen Again.

So go on, how do you shelve yours?

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bran · 17/05/2010 18:32

I just noticed that myself. I was a bit more useful on the other thread though.

I'll leave you to enjoy your delusion about books. My DC have a Tidy bookshelf each in their rooms but the books seem to migrate into the sitting room of their own accord so we have a big teetering pile at the end of one sofa.

We do have far too many books though. I have a bit of a book problem which I am passing on to the DC.

LostArtOfKeepingASecret · 17/05/2010 18:29

Agree with bran have fun lovingly arranging the books in order (my preference, by size!). But don't get too frustrated when they are all over the bedroom floor (in no particular order) before the day is out, will you?

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YunoYurbubson · 17/05/2010 18:28

Are you my official designated thread answerer today Bran?

And obviously my 2 and 4 yr olds won't pull all the books out and kick them all over the floor. Oh no. No. No no no no no no no. That won't happen.

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MilaMae · 17/05/2010 18:27

DD 5 has a Tidy Bookshelf in her room and they're organised by size and how pretty they look.Lauren Child's Goldilocks is on the top because I love the red!!!

The boys 6 have their paperbacks on shelves in their bedroom. They are organised by author eg Enid Blyton,Horrid Henry etc.

They have all their picture books on Ikea Trofast shelves the other end of the room just random except for the Julia Donaldson,Simon Bartram and Timothy Napman books which are on the top by author as they're favourites.

Downstairs all the baby books(I childmind)are in baskets on shelves in the playroom.

Enjoy!!!!

BendyBob · 17/05/2010 18:26

Er...'organise' isn't really a word I'd use to describe dc's books.

I did try once to put the non-fiction books on one shelf. That lasted about 10minutes.

bran · 17/05/2010 18:24

Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha.

This is how it goes in our house. Books on bookshelf to start with, possibly lovingly and carefully arranged. Children take book, and another and another. I leave the room for a minute to wee/put kettle on/answer door. I come back and find 90% of books on the floor. At the end of the day I shove them in any old where.

Have fun tomorrow.