I remember the first time our daughter brought home textbooks with an assignment to have them covered before school the next day. For parents who are prepared, that is not a big deal. However, since she was our oldest child and our first experience with having a child in school, I had no clue such a thing would be required.
I didn't, and still do not, keep paper grocery bags around. I had always heard they would draw bugs and I had no desire to invite them into our home. I had to think fast! I grabbed some wrapping paper and went to work. The books had to be recovered within days because wrapping paper is not durable enough to be pulled in and out of a backpack without tearing. By then though, I had gone to the grocery store and had the desired heavy paper bags.
The heavy paper bags didn't last long, but at least they survived the first few months. That was long enough for me to find and buy some fabric covers made specifically for covering textbooks and the daily use required.
After that first year, I was always prepared with a variety of book covers for our children.
Pretty Book Covers for Any Student
6 Pack Stretchable Book Covers, Jumbo Book Sleeves for Hardcover Books Textbooks up to 9 x 11 InchesCheck PriceBased on our experience, schools and teachers request students cover their books. Some books are provided by the schools and will need to be turned in at the end of the year. Therefore, the school wants their books to remain in excellent, or at least good, condition for the student that will get the book the following year.
As our children got older, they had textbooks that we were required to purchase. I found them much easier to resell if they were in good condition.
I like the book covers featured on the right because they would be easy to select a different pattern for each subject book. That is much better than having them all covered alike. For instance, I would choose the planet cover for a science book, the Legos for a math book, the map for geography or history, and save the panda for my favorite class. The other two covers are super cool and would be awesome for English or Spanish classroom textbooks.
The covers are stretchable, tear resistant, and washable!
7 Pack Stretchable Book Covers, Jumbo Book Sleeves for TextbooksCheck Price7 Pcs Stretchable Book Cover with Bookmarks Reusable JumboCheck Price
How to Cover a Book with a Paper Bag
If you find yourself in a bind, like I did, here is a video that shows you how to cover your textbook with a grocery bag.
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Ah, I remember the days of creating book covers for school books out of paper bags. As it is quite a long time since I have had school age children around, I did not know that there were now durable, washable, colorful book covers available. Very nice advance on the plain paper bag covers. :)
ReplyDeleteI’m older than you and we were never asked to cover our textbooks, but I can definitely see the value in requiring (or encouraging) the use of book covers to prolong the textbooks’ useful life. I love the assorted set you chose with different, theme-related patterns for different subjects.
ReplyDeleteI remember those days of making book covers; we never bought them back in the day, and I certainly made my fair share of paper covers. I love the ones you featured that you can buy; I would choose the boldest in color and pattern!
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