Books as teacher presents?

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I was thinking of buying this for dd's classroom instead of a teacher's present at the end of the year. Do you think the teacher would be happy with this - or prefer something for herself? DD has been an avid reader all year, so was thinking of putting a thank you note with them including something like "to replace all the ones dd must have worn out!" What do you think?

I think that is a lovely idea.

I've done it before now, think it makes a nice change, some of the books get really dog eared over time

It is a lovely idea and I am sure the teacher will be very grateful. Am thinking about stealing your idea and using it next year. Hope you don`t mind!

Thanks! Will order them now and hope they appear by Friday!

I'm doing the same thing (a few sets of books from Book People/Red House). Budgets are tight, and it looks like the school spends all its money on the reading scheme books, so the ones in the free-readers box don't seem to have been updated for about ten years.

Lovely idea. I'm doing similar for ds1's pre-school.
His teacher said that she loves it when they get a book out to read and it has an inscription from a former pupil.

Aha - do you think I should get dd to write in them? Or does that ruin their newness?

I've got stickers from Waterstones that I'll stick in the books (not sure what they're called - the things that schools use for books handed out at prize givings). I'll write a message and ds1 can sign his name.

I've got stickers from Waterstones that I'll stick in the books (not sure what they're called - the things that schools use for books handed out at prize givings). I'll write a message and ds1 can sign his name.

Thanks Mrs JD - that's a great idea.

Bookplates?

That's it!

Mine were £2.50 for a pack of 20 iirc.

That's a great idea. I'm a teacher and would love to get books for the yeargroup.

I'm a teacher and would be delighted if someone gave me a book/s for the classroom.

My own DD will be giving a couple of well-chosen books to her teacher this week; one is a book that DD took in for 'show and tell' and the teacher hasn't stopped talking about it since, the other is a book with DD's name in the title. She'll write a message in each of them as they are gifts for the teacher to use in her career (she's an NQT) rather than a class set. We did the same when DD left her nursery and also her previous school and they've all been well received.

you can get some lovely book plates to print out free on the internet
www.myhomelibrary.org

Just to let you know - in case anyone was about to do the same thing - the books arrived but were much smaller than normal picture books with black and white illustrations, so not much good to share with a class. I've decided to keep them for my dd to read to herself and headed to Waterstones for some different books (nowhere near 20 of them though!).
Thanks for all your suggestions.