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This particular box of treasures is filled with random spells of an impulsive dreamer named Lala Amiroeddin. Her sister would describe her as twinkle toes. A vagabond at heart. She herself simply believes to living a charmed life with her family whom she lovingly calls a "skippin' troupe".
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My treasure box
Kris and I rarely bought toys for Raissa. Most of her toys are gifts, be it a birthday gift or actually a commercial freebie. The toys we bought for her to date are never the expensive kinds. It’s usually balls of various kinds, very few knickknacks (like rattles, play dough, etc), and the latest toy Kris bought for her was a Thomas train but even that cost waaay below IDR 100k. I don’t think we ever buy her a toy that costs more than 100k. I have no hatred towards toys though, it just that I learned that Raissa got bored very easy when it comes to toys. She prefers doing physical activities even if it’s just a stroll around the neighborhood. So we decided that no purchase of toys unless it’s something that’s long lasting and educational.
However, it’s a different story when it comes to books. We love books, especially Kris. Our little domain is every inch occupied by books. *ok, I might overstate that :-p * But really if you just come to see our room and the space outside of our room at my parent’s house, you’ll see books everywhere. We also deposit a few boxes of our books at Kris’ parents’ house because we don’t have a space in our room.
For me the habit of buying books and read them began since I was a little. There’s a ritual set by mom that once a month, she took my sisters and me to the bookstore and each of us can pick three books to take home. We enjoyed the trip and it was during those trips to the bookstore we developed our diplomacy and negotiation skills as each one of us would try to convince the others to pick books that each of us would want for ourselves but already exhausted our quota 
“De, you gotta pick this book. The story is sooo kewwwlll. Then we can play afterward pretending we’re kids running away from home and live in a small island. Just like the kids in the book.”
“Mba, this book is cooler lhoooh. More pictures. Why don’t YOU pick one of the books from this series? See see???”
“Mama, this book is so thin I can finish reading it in 1 day. Can I buy four books if I choose this and this? And I will not buy that one? Tell sister 1 and sister 2 to get that one though.”
Got the picture?
My mom would also buy children books. Books which we would not pick, like books about the prophets, wayangs, and other classic literatures such as Little Women, Little House series, Hans Christian Andersen series, etc. Those books we love reading them as well but only when they’re already in the house and after we have finished reading our monthly picks.
Lost Treasures Return
My biggest regret about my childhood book collection is that there’s no trace of it. Actually, my mom did make an effort to bundle some of them and kept it neatly. However, my super clean Dad thought that those books were better to be given away as it would be a nice gesture to others and “otherwise they just collect dust“. Who knew then that many of those books are now out-of-prints 
and some of those books I really want to share them with my kids.
Fast forward to today, to Raissa’s time. Before she was born, Kris and I already starting collecting children’s books. In particular those books I really enjoyed growing up. Unlike me, Kris had very few children’s books growing up and for that reason he’s now obsessed with books. The thing is many of his books are books I would not pick because they’re heavy in content and weight 
They are so heavy to the point that many of his books can serve as a secret weapon.
I love these books because it taught me not to be greedy. When I read one the first time I wanted to take a larger pumpkin instead of the smaller one by the fence, I was cursed and turned into a pumpkin. It was lotta fun deciding on my very own fairy tale's fate.
Anyway, one of my reasons to start collecting early not only because I want her to grow loving books but also because I read that many books sold in the market today are about princesses and fairies. Not that I won’t allow her reading those, but I definitely don’t want her to read those only. So before she can choose the blingest books in the store, I want her to be brainwashed with books with better story (according to this Mama). The little by little effort, it’s now filling up a wooden chest (btw, I have a special story and attachment to wooden chest. Will share it in another post.). My (and not Raissa’s because I don’t want her to claim them as hers and I don’t want to worry that she would not want to share them with her siblings) children’s book collection is something I truly cherish because it includes those out-of-print books which I hunted down to every second-hand bookstore online and offline. And they are… Marcel Marlier’s illustrated books.
Gramedia Pustaka Cerita: Tini and friends. Collecting them back has turned into my regular sport.
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iya ngasih buku dari kecil itu sangat2 bermanfaat. i thank my parents a lot karena dari kecil suka beliin kita buku2 cerita… especially disney’s story books… always love all disney’s stories.
love disney stories too of course.
bagaimana nasib buku2 masa kecilmu, Man? Tersimpan rapi dan bisa diwariskan ga?
sayangnya tidak! huhuhu… entah pada kemana ya buku2 dongeng semaca kecil itu…
yang dulu tersimpan rapi tuh serian trio detektif, detektif cilik, stop, dan jennings. trus akhirnya pas gua udah kerja, buku2 ini gua jual di mailing list. eh laku lho! ada yang mau beli ngeborong semuanya. hahaha.
tapi sejak si andrew masih di perut, sampe sekarang, kita sering beliin dia macem2 buku cerita. termasuk buku2 cerita disney. cuma ya sampe sekarang dia belum lancar baca sih. jadi kadang2 kita bacain *kita nya gak rutin nih bacain buku ke dia*. hehehe.
dulu pas masih kecil maunya dibiasain dibacain buku tiap hari. eh tapi si andrew nya gak mau! tapi ya tetep aja kita suka beliin buku sih, moga2 ntar kalo dia udah lancar baca jadi suka baca. sekarang sih dia tiap hari selalu baca buku, tapi buku2 yang emang buat kindergarten, yang dapet dari sekolahnya.
Haii, dapet blognya dari metariza..
Aku juga suka banget ngasih anakku buku dan segala sesuatu yang berbentuk buku supaya dia suka baca. Heheh. Ngubekngubek toko buku bekas tapi dapet Tini dll-nya dalam kondisi yang kurang bagus. Pengen banget bikin rak buku di rumah nantinya
Udah banyak banget pengennya padahal anaknya baru 10 bulan. Hihihihi..
Salam kenal ya
Hai haaiii
Salam kenal, Poppie
Iya, nyari buku Tini emang untung2an banget. Bbrp yg aku dapat jg kondisinya kurang bagus kok, namanya jg second ya tp asal halamannya masih lengkap si angkut aja sambil tetap cari judul yg sama, kalau nemu yg lebih bagus, yg kurang bagus biasanya aku kasih ke orang lain.
Sama, pengen banget punya perpustakaan mini buat buku2 anak, tp rumahnya kecil dan anaknya pun baru 22 bulan. Belum diperbolehkan megang buku yg halamannya kertas tipis. Pengalaman malah disobek, jd buku2 Tini masih ditaro di box kayu seperti di foto itu.
Mba Lala, itu hunting buku bekasnya dimana ya? Aku lg mau caricari lagi niiih.. Makasih yaa..
Skrg udh tau namanya Smita kaaaannn
Aku huntingnya beneran kemana-mana. Di online shops terutama toko buku bekas-nya. Bukannya ga mau kasih tahu nama tokonya Smit, tapi beneran udah lupa darimana aja dapetnya. Soalnya kadang pas disamperin toko2 itu bilang udah ga punya lagi buku Tini, jd aku tinggalin no hp aja minta di sms kalau ada lagi. Nah beberapa pernah sms nawarin, lsg aja aku iyain beli. Du lu trik-nya cuma nulis di google dgn keywords “Tini Gramedia Pustaka Cerita” , semua hasil yang muncul aku samperin satu-satu. Mungkin puluhan sites aku samperin trus aku hubungi yang punya sites nya nanyain buku seri Tini. Itupun hunting balik buku Tini dari sebelum Raissa lahir! Jadi kira-kira hampir 3 tahun. Sekarang aku sdh santai ga ngoyo lagi carinya karena sudah mulai terkumpul banyak. Tinggal 2 judul aja yang penasaran belum dapet-dapet juga.
Selain di olshops, aku rajin datengin bbrp tempat buku bekas offline juga. So far yang sukses dapet Tini di Bandung, spt di Cikapundung (cuma sekali dapet tp kondisi buruk), pasar kaget (setiap jumat klo ga salah) ITB (disini sdh 2x dapet), sama Palasari (2x dapet sebundel buku bekas bagus). Di Jakarta entah kenapa ga pernah dapet walau sudah ke Senen sekalipun.
Anehnya waktu sepupuku yg kenal sama orang Gramedia minta utk di print in lagi buku2 Tini ini, mereka bilang ga mau krn dulu rugi karena buku Tini peminatnya hanya Jakarta dan sedikit bgt di bbrp kota besar (Bandung, Surabaya, Medan). Kesimpulannya, kayanya kalau pas lg ke Surabaya atau Medan, harus nyamperin toko bekas disana, kali aja tersedia tapi ga ada yang mau beli.
Good luck hunting nya yaaaa
wah mba beruntungbgt dpt aku dah ngubek ngubek ga dpt abis br skr punya anaknya pdhal 3 thn lalu masih banyak bgt bekasnya skr nyari udah berbulan bln semua blg abis hik hik… kepikir mau pinjem trus discan aja kalo gramed ga mau nyetak lagi hik hik…
aneh juga ya kalo rugi krn dicetak ulang terus hampir 10 thn
Hi Nia,
Coba cari di ols di fb. Namanya Kucinta Buku. Bbrp kali mereka menawarkan buku2 Tini. Good luck hunting ya
makasiiiih mba Lalaaaa.. jelas abisss..
iya, soalnya aku selalu dapat buku Tini dalam kondisi kurang bagus. Aku jg ngiler banget tuh yang tentukan sendiri petualanganmu… Kalo udah gini baru nyadar, dulu beruntung banget deh bisa punya semua bukubuku itu ya..