Tame Your Wild Things

So I had a friend contact me recently, asking about the best ways to organize and store children's books, and I thought I'd share some of the info. Any system can work, as long as it makes sense to your little one, and is easy for them to maintain on their own, but here are a few little hints.

• Organizing books by size or color is great younger children and visual learners
• Keeping books together by genre, or alphabetically by author is helpful for older children
• If shelves are labeled, kids will remember where the book goes. For very little ones label with pictures instead of words
  

• If you keep a cute bin nearby, you can easily toss in books ready for donation
  
• Before you donate, check to see if you can get a pretty penny for it. Bookscouter.com, tells you which websites will pay you the most for your hardbacks.

There are lots of options for storage, but I am personally loving all of these sweet storage options from Crate and Barrel's Land of Nod. My favorite is the "Bin There Done That" Floor Book Bin (at top). It is chic functional decor at its finest. It shows off your books whimsical covers, while storing at the same time!

Now it's your turn. What are your favorite ways for storing your children's books?