Meenu, I have heard about their collection as well but I am just a bit reluctant due to my fear that my son might just tear the books. He is 2 years old and sometimes tears his paper books !! I usually buy lots of board books for him but slowly getting him used to paper books. How old is yours ?
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meenu
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borrowing books from public libray
Dear Niki,
My son is now 4 yrs old and we started going to the library when he was 1year and 10-11 months. When we started we were also scared that my son might tear the books and throw them around and at that time he was very fond of tearing any paper that came in his hand. Initially, we would read the book to him and give the book in his hand in our supervision and later put it up in a safe place. While reading if we felt that he was about to tear we would tell him that library uncle will be very angry and will not give anymore books to him if he tore it. Within a month or so he understood that the library books are to be handled properly.
Once he tore a page into half. I fixed it with tape and while returning it I informed the staff about that page. He said it was very OK and they know that kids of ths age tend to do this.
So do not worry about that part and just go ahead. Ultimately Kids have to learn to handle borrowed material with care and I think its a good start.
Dear Niki,
My son is now 4 yrs old and we started going to the library when he was 1year and 10-11 months. When we started we were also scared that my son might tear the books and throw them around and at that time he was very fond of tearing any paper that came in his hand. Initially, we would read the book to him and give the book in his hand in our supervision and later put it up in a safe place. While reading if we felt that he was about to tear we would tell him that library uncle will be very angry and will not give anymore books to him if he tore it. Within a month or so he understood that the library books are to be handled properly.
Once he tore a page into half. I fixed it with tape and while returning it I informed the staff about that page. He said it was very OK and they know that kids of ths age tend to do this.
So do not worry about that part and just go ahead. Ultimately Kids have to learn to handle borrowed material with care and I think its a good start.
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