ECR4Kids Double-Sided Mobile Book Display, Classroom Bookshelf, White Wash

I had been using a smaller bookcase with canvas book holders but needed a much bigger and sturdier bookcase to hold the books for my now two year old that are overflowing my coffee table. After a long search, I finally settled on this one and I am glad I did. It is quite sturdy, holds lots of books, and was relatively straightforward to assemble if you follow the directions plus a couple of tips.Pro:* All pieces are solid wood. The whole stand feels sturdy. I’m sure this will last much longer than my canvas one, the canvas ripped after just a couple of months. It feels less flimsy and seems like it can handle more weight than particle board.* The design allows for a lot of books without taking up much space. If you have an area where you don’t have to put the bookcase against a wall, the double sided design holds a ton of books and yet does not take too much floor space 36” x 19” vs the 15” for the single sided. The five shelves on each side is also one more than the usual four shelves I have seen. Each shelf is still deep enough to hold two board books. Without stuffing, leaving room to easily take out each book, you can still fit a good 90 books.* It feels safe. All of the edges are round. The screws are all recessed. And with these lower bookcase vs the taller ones, there’s no need to anchor it to a wall (if it were single sided), no fear of it toppling over.* All book covers are visible even from the small board books.* The assembly is mostly straightforward. The direction suggested two people for assembly. Having two people may make the last step a bit easier to do but it is pretty painless as a one person job. I am not particularly handy and was able to assemble it in about one hour. It only requires an Allen wrench which is included. However, if you already have a better handheld one, that would be easier on your hands than this which has no handle. There are 26 screws total. The only tricky part is installing the last side board after all five shelves on each side have been screwed into the other side board. My Tip On This Last Step (hopefully to save you some time and pain): - Gently flip the whole structure onto the side so that the current sideboard is flat on the floor and all of the middle shelves and their holes are facing upwards - Take a sharpie and draw a small dot on the ‘bottom’ of each shelve to indicate where the screw holes are. - Put all of the screws into the 13 holes on the sideboard to be installed then gently lay the sideboard on. Not all the screws will immediately fit into their holes and that’s ok. I find that not pushing the top crossbar wooden dowels in first but keeping the sideboard level makes the next step easier. - Using the sharpie dots as a guide, gently push each middle shelves until each screw is lined up with respective hole. Do this for all 13 screws. Then tighten all 13 screws.I find that doing it this way versus lining up and tightening sequentially made it less likely that you end up with the frustration of few screws not lining up.ConsThe exposed screws are a little aesthetically not pleasing but that is a small issue.I will update the review once I have used it for a while but for now I am very happy that all of the books fit neatly on the shelves and the book covers are clearly visible for my toddler to easily pick out!

I bought this bookshelf for my two year old son to put his books. He really likes reading books. This bookshelf is easy to assemble based on the manual. The bookshelf is very sturdy and hold many books. My baby loves to grab books from the bookshelf. Very nice bookshelf and great purchase

Not the best in my heart because it’s not pure solid wood. But I’m still Happy to give five star cause it’s really useful and the quality is way much better than I bought from somewhere before ,it’s the best that I can find on amazon now.

I ordered a few of these bookshelves and they are great. They work really well for picture books, and I find the kids reading more with how the front of the books are displayed. I ordered three of these and didn’t have quality issues with any of them. I did have a little trouble with assembly of the first shelf and wish that I would have read through the directions before assembly, but the other shelves I had no issues assembling. They are easy to move around.

I have tried emailing this company three times and they refuse to address the issue. I am completely disappointed with this company.*****Comment Edited on 3/5/13: After my first review of the product, this company contacted me directly and helped me get a replacement bookshelf. Originally, when the first bookshelf arrived damaged, I emailed the company several different times and asked for a replacement-not a refund. They kept sending me an email stating that their policy is not to replace furniture items. After about 3 emails like that, they finally told me to ship it back to them and they would send me another - however they refused to pay for the shipping cost (and on a product this heavy that is a substantial cost).After I posted my Amazon review a different (and much more helpful/responsive company rep contacted me and offered to get to the bottom of things. I emailed them pictures of the damaged packaging and product. They contacted the shipping company and had them pick it back up from my home (at no cost to me). Within 2 weeks they had delivered a new bookshelf. We put it together last night (it definitely takes 2 adults) and it is just as advertised. I am excited for my son to have this to use for several years. It holds a large quantity of books. I am pleased with the product.My only complaint is the quality of the casters. They are plastic (and this is a heavy shelf) and one of the locking mechanisms was broken off. However, the wheel still turns. I will probably end up replacing the casters with more heavy-duty ones, but these will do for now.I realize things go wrong and items get damaged in shipping. I was not upset with the situation until the company refused to address the problem and then tried to stick me with the cost of returning a product that arrived broken. I was also bothered that they even have a company policy to not replace items they send that are damaged. However, once the second company rep got involved, they took care of things in a very efficient manner. In the end, I was very pleased with how this company finally stepped up and made it right!

I bought this on sale, but it is still a piece of junk. The wooden piece was split when arriving, impossible to put it together. And it couldn't put a lot of books on it, while occupying a lot of space. I contacted with the seller, but they didnt give a reply about the broken pieces.Buy something better for your kids!

It's the perfect bookshelf for young kids. It's sturdier than other bookshelves I've found. It's not easy to assemble by yourself, so be sure to have another person helping you.

Was very easy to assembleFits ALOT of booksMy little one just loves it!Does take ul space but if you have space to create a book nook its perfect!

Shipping went well. Assembly was easy. Material a bit cheap but it works well. One screw did not line up. I haven't had this item very long so we'll see how durable it will be.

Estuve esperando por un año que estuviera disponible a la venta en México porque me encanta la forma de exhibir los libros pero me decepcionó un poco el material y la calidad, por lo que leo en otros comentarios no hay control de calidad. No lo devuelvo porque temo que llegue igual o peor y porque realmente me gusta el diseño

Fácil de armar pero los separadores no son de tan buena calidad, por tanto, se doblan al armar y se vuelve un poco dífícil alinear con los surcos.