Guest Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Goodevening - wondered if anyone can help? We are a pack away group and currently have a wire book rack which folds flat for storage , unfortunately it has broken due to moving it in and out of our store each day . I wonder what others in a similar situation use as we dont want to resort to boxes of books as displaying them in some way does seem more inviting - thanks in advance Lizzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 We have book boxes now, which are just transparent storage boxes. We have 9 of these and put them out in rotation, 2 a week. They go on the floor and children enjoy flicking through to choose what to take home. The wooden book rack, which is a fold-in-half lock close on wheels thing is permanently open in the children's quiet book corner for children to access the books which are now a bit too 'sad' to go home, but still have plenty of life for 'unsupervised browsing' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 we bought a wooden rack on wheels that we pull in and out each day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 we have a community playthings rack, which is on wheels and also has a couple of shelves at the back......useful for storing spare books.It has a space at the top for big books and loads of space for other books too.It was very good value for money and they delivered in 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 we have a community playthings rack I've got one of those on my wish list. But for now our book rack is extremely low tech: basically a fold-up pasting table which opens to reveal a horizontal 'shelf' made by a long thin piece of wooden batten. The books are held in place by a net curtain wire strung across each 'shelf'. A handle makes it all extremely portable and takes up little space in the cupboard! I'd upload a picture but they seem to have gone missing in my laptop 'move'. Maz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Maz............what a clever solution to storage problems...............that sounds brilliant!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Maz............what a clever solution to storage problems...............that sounds brilliant!. It is quite clever: but I can't claim any credit for it at all - I think many PLA groups have done this over the years. Perhaps I'm just unusual for continuing to use it when so many more colourful and beautifully made resources are available! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 we've got a book trolly on wheels from galt Im not impressed with it, we've only had it 18 months and the shelves are already bowing and the shelves are too short for many of the books, so check dimentions before you buy a book shelf/rack I didnt and now have a book shelf/trolly doesnt hold books bigger than A4 we also have a contraption similar to Maz's made of battens and net curtain wire its mounted to our stair guard so its the one thing we can leave out its over 15 years old and periodically we have had to replace the wire but it does the job and its isnt difficult to make one before the book shelf/trolly we had books and a table and to be honest it did the job at a fraction of the cost Ive tried to attach a photo of our old book corner "pre book trolly" it shows the batten/net curtain book rack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) Ive tried to attach a photo of our old book corner "pre book trolly"it shows the batten/net curtain book rack Very clever Alison - I can see from the photo that it also acted as a barrier to prevent children getting up on the stage too! I love resources that multi-task... Maz Edited January 5, 2009 by HappyMaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 it also works as additional display board, we added loads of pictures of different people to boost our "positive images" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 our one at the back has shelves which fit small storage boxes - very useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 we've got a book trolly on wheels from galt Im not impressed with it, our one at the back has shelves which fit small storage boxes - very useful Yours isn't from Galt is it hali? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 ummm probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 heres mine..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMaz Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 heres mine..... And knowing how organised you are I'll bet it looks like that all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Thank you everyone - think I will have to have a try at making one -the pictures are great and have really helped me out - smashing _Diz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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