Book Display Rail Pair

Two rails that turn any of our shelves into a front facing book display, which is the single easiest way to get a four year old to pick up a book.

The Montessori idea behind this is simple enough to say in a sentence: a child who can reach a thing can choose it, and a child who can choose it will use it. That is why the bed is on the floor, the shelf is at knee height and the tower exists at all. It is not a style. Almost everything sold as Montessori furniture is a normal piece of furniture made smaller, and the test of whether it is the real thing is whether a two year old can use it without an adult, which is a question you can answer by watching rather than by reading a product page.

Specification

• Dimensions: see the product name
• Age range: as the piece it goes with
• Material: solid timber or cotton canvas
• Finish: undyed and unbleached where the material allows it
• Load rating: not applicable
• Standards: BS EN 71 parts 1, 2 and 3, which covers mechanical safety, flammability and the migration of elements out of the finish
• Edges and fixings: every exposed edge rounded to a 3mm radius, every fixing recessed and capped, and no pinch point anywhere a hand goes
• Assembly: none
• Weight: approximately 1.2 kilograms
• Sized to our shelf bays
• Wipes clean
• Water based finish, certified to BS EN 71 part 3
• Sold singly unless the name says otherwise

In the box

• The item as described
• A washable cover where the item has one
• A care card with the washing temperatures

Assembly and safety

Arrives assembled. Unwrap it, check it over and put it where it goes. We take the packaging away on the same visit if you ask when you book the delivery.

How long it lasts

Most families buy this for one stage and then move on, and that is fine. It holds its value better than almost anything else in a child's room because it is solid timber with no printed decoration to date it, and we run a buy back on our own pieces at up to 40 per cent, refinish them and sell them as second life stock, which is the honest version of a sustainability page.