Books and Toddlers

[DancingQueen]

I know we have a post started about book shelf but here is another question.
VERY rarely do any of the toddlers (if you recall the bulk of my kids are toddlers) look at books. I read 1 - 2 books daily to them but maybe once per week you'll catch one of them looking at a book upside down.

They do however LOVE to take all of the books off the shelf, pretend to look at them and dump them all over the floor. I've also gone to make snacks and caught them using books as 'lily pads' spread across the floor that they walk on.

They like to tear the binding and are very sneaky about it.

I removed all paper books.
I removed all books that matter to me and my family.
I only have hard board books, plastic and cloth books.
they are still ruining the board books.

I accidently left out my favorite board books thinking they were safe. My Eric Carlse books

Any suggestions that don't involve me standing over them every second and/or getting rid of my books all together?