Indestructible Tyvek baby books

Posted by Cory Doctorow, February 6, 2009 10:09 PM | permalink

Jonathan writes to us about TyBooks, baby books made of indestructible Tyvek:

Someone gave us a pair and I scoffed, both at the price and the claims the company made. My daughter is seven months old now and to this date nothing has occupied her time as well as our pair of Tybooks. They look like hell, sure, but they have not torn, dissolved, or come unbound.

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TyBook - built for the way babies read (Thanks, Jonathan!)

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#1 posted by Ernunnos , February 7, 2009 8:00 AM

I wish more maps were available on Tyvek. The Canadian government puts many of its topo maps on Tyvek, but in the U.S. you just get a few wall maps and guidebooks for limited areas.

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#2 posted by presyncope , February 7, 2009 10:08 AM

What a seriously great idea. Anyone know if Tyvek is a good thing for kids to chew on? The TyBooks website say:

Safe for Baby - meets ASTM safety standards

...but I don't know enough to be reassured by this or not.

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#3 posted by Takuan , February 7, 2009 10:30 AM

anyone's bullet proof vest experiments work out? Only the living need reply.

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#4 posted by GBJbookseller , February 7, 2009 10:35 AM

First as a bookseller, I can attest to their popularity and their durability.

Second, I have seen the documents regarding the safety testing. The books were tested by two independent labs under F96303 standards for safety and passed.

We wouldn't carry them if they weren't chewable.

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#5 posted by Daemon , February 7, 2009 10:37 AM

Ah, tyvek lovely stuff. They make some read tape for construction that is probably the best of all tapes.

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#6 posted by mdh , February 7, 2009 10:53 AM

I've always wanted to make Tyvek sugar packets for some of my non-morning oriented friends.

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#7 posted by Takuan , February 7, 2009 10:58 AM

what? you mean? they aren't ALREADY?...wha....

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#8 posted by Thalia , February 7, 2009 9:22 PM

I used the Leappad Touch Tyvek books with my kids, and they both loved them.

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#9 posted by Psssst , February 8, 2009 1:22 PM

My son, who is 11 months, loves this book. It now looks like it has been though hell and high water and it still captivates him. Other books need constant supervision because he loves to eat the corners, no worries with the tyvek books.

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#10 posted by Katerade , February 9, 2009 6:18 AM

Pssh, my parents did this when I was an infant around a quarter-century ago. And I didn't need Tyvek in no stinkin' book form either. My mom was concerned about my affinity for chewing paper, so my dad brought some of this stuff home (long before there were safety tests, though he is a doctor...) and they'd watch me chew the stuff for hours.