I keep my books out where the kids can use them...but....I don't keep my really favorite ones out and I do not keep out hard cover ones...only ones I wont stress over them being thrown out if it becomes necessary. I do however, have a rule that if you look at books it needs to be in the book area ONLY and if you are caught ripping one then you lose the book area as a choice for a specified amount of time anywhere from 1-5 days until we can try again to be respectful.
I did have one child one time who ripped any thing he got his hands on (4 yrs old) and I gave every ripped book to mom and said here is the order number for this book from our scholastic book order site and asked her to replace them since her child was clearly old enough not to rip them EVERY time he used them.

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