I think if there were a 12 step program for book fanatics my friends and family would probably stage an intervention and force me to attend. Last summer the book population in our home swelled to the point where all shelves were double stacked and I had moved on to building little literary towers along the walls - a crisis situation that forced me to fill several give-away boxes.  If time allowed I’d probably set up weekend book adoptions allowing me to interview potential readers before gifting them with the appropriate volumes.  But instead I sent book packages to my siblings and then loaded up the trunk and gave the rest to my local library.

Depending on the age of your kids and the frequency of play dates in your home, you may actual feel like you’re running your own lending library.  One way to encourage the return of Junior’s books is to label them.  But rather than allowing him to scrawl his mark across the cover, consider some of the lovelies from this bookplate round-up.

Diana Sudyka

Nut and Bee

One Good Bumblebee

Oiseaux

Taylored Arts

The Black Apple

The Paper Princess

Modern Classic Kids

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