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Small Run Childrens Book Printing Kids Boardbook Printing Service

Children’s board book safety

To avoid pointy edges, we can produce your children’s board book with rounded edges at the top right and bottom right of the board book. In addition, we use a UV varnish lamination instead of plastic lamination, which can peel away from the board (and into a child’s mouth). All of our overseas printing partners adhere to North American printing and binding safety standards for children’s books.

Children’s board book printing primer

Because board books require specialized paper, equipment, and binding, they can be expensive to print in North America. For this reason, Callawind works with select China board book printers to help you produce a high-quality, professional board book at a much lower cost.

There are generally two types of board:

• White board (or white art board) is pressed cardboard made of white fibers and a white laminated surface. It is more expensive than gray board.

• Gray board is pressed cardboard made of gray fibers and a white laminated surface.

How can you tell the difference? Look at the edges of different board books. You’ll notice that some have white fibers in the middle of the board, and some have gray fibers in the middle of the board.

Board thickness is measured in gsm (grams/square meter). We recommend a thickness of 300 to 400 gsm.