Big BIG Books
January 15, 2008 11:39 AM Subscribe
Where to find those VERY large storybooks that children's librarians use for storytelling hours? I've searched for "large", "big" and "oversized" storybooks to no avail.
Are you talking several feet large, or say 1.5 feet?
There where collectors versions of The Little Engine that Could and one other book released in 2006 that I'd put at nearly 3 feet in length. I'll try to track down an ISBN. Otherwise, there are giant editions available of some books that measure roughly 1.5 feet.
posted by drezdn at 11:50 AM on January 15, 2008
There where collectors versions of The Little Engine that Could and one other book released in 2006 that I'd put at nearly 3 feet in length. I'll try to track down an ISBN. Otherwise, there are giant editions available of some books that measure roughly 1.5 feet.
posted by drezdn at 11:50 AM on January 15, 2008
Best answer: We have some in my office. They come from "Big Books", published by Scholastic Books, Inc. There are "Big Book Collections" being sold on Scholastic.com (example).
posted by parilous at 11:51 AM on January 15, 2008
posted by parilous at 11:51 AM on January 15, 2008
I've seen them several times at Borders bookstores near us (in upstate NY), but I don't recall seeing them at Barnes and Noble. At Borders they are usually in a large bin near the odds and ends of the kids section - near the kids books on tape, etc. I am pretty sure that the official name of the is "Big Books" - and there is an "official" method for teaching kids to read that uses them, which I think was "invented" by a teacher from New Zealand. I found a bunch on ebay while googling.
posted by chr1sb0y at 11:56 AM on January 15, 2008
posted by chr1sb0y at 11:56 AM on January 15, 2008
Best answer: I think you want a teacher's supply store. When I worked in a college library, we sent students to Paul's Teacher's Pet (a local store). In your area, there seem to be a fair number of choices.
posted by jdfan at 12:17 PM on January 15, 2008
posted by jdfan at 12:17 PM on January 15, 2008
Here in Vancouver, the large local children's bookstore sells some and will pretty much special order anything in for a customer. Possibly something like that exists in Chicago. I came across one store called Children in Paradise, not sure how big they are or if they do special orders for customers.
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 12:23 PM on January 15, 2008
posted by Razzle Bathbone at 12:23 PM on January 15, 2008
My teacher friends regularly visit a chain called "A+ Teaching Supplies" where I have seen these, cant' find a solid link a the moment . . .
posted by oblio_one at 4:46 PM on January 15, 2008
posted by oblio_one at 4:46 PM on January 15, 2008
Teacher supply store. (I work at one.) Teachers always need them, the teacher supply stores always have them.
posted by Xere at 6:36 PM on January 15, 2008
posted by Xere at 6:36 PM on January 15, 2008
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