What Kind of Paper Should We Use for Children’s Books?

Choose a right type of paper is a key part of the overall quality for your children’s book. First of all, you need to decide the binding type for your children’s book.

Hardcover, paperback, saddle stitched, and board book are the most popular binding types for children’s book printing. Different binding types use different paper.

In the following parts, we will give a guidance for the recommended paper type of cover and inner pages. Please feel free to contact us on this page if you have any questions. We will answer you within 12 hours.

Hardcover Children’s Book

Normally, a hardcover children’s book has the content of many pictures and does not need to be written. As the book is used by children for a long time, so the paper needs to be strong and durable.

Here are the recommended paper for each part of the hardcover children’s book.

Parts	Recommended Paper Type	Recommended Paper Weight	Finish
Cover	Glossy art paper	157gsm	Lamination
Cover inside paper board	Gray board	1500 or1800gsm (2.5 or 3 mm)	/
Endpaper	Woodfree paper	140gsm/160gsm	/
Endpaper	Art paper	157gsm	/
Inner pages	Art paper	157gsm	/

Paperback Children’s Book

Compared with hardcover, a paperback children’s book is the cheaper choice, but the quality of the book is still high. It is widely used in student’s text book.

Here are the recommended paper for each part of the paperback children’s book.

Part	Recommended Paper Type	Recommended Paper Weight	Finish
Cover	Cardboard paper	250g or 300sm	Glossy or matte lamination
Inner pages	Woodfree paper	120gsm	/
Inner pages	Art paper	128/157gsm	/

Saddle Stitched Children’s Book

Saddle stitched children’s book is the cheapest printing option. When your budget is not much and your inner pages are not over 32 pages, saddle stitched is a good choice to start with.

Here are the recommended paper for each part of the saddle stitched children’s book.

Part	Recommended Paper Type	Recommended Paper Weight	Finish
Cover	Art paper	157/200/250gsm	Glossy or matte lamination
Inner pages	Woodfree paper	120gsm	/
Inner pages	Art paper	157gsm	/

Children’s Board Book

Children’s board book has 2 different covers. One is hardcover, another is paper board cover. The paper of them are different. Please see below chart for reference.

For the inner pages, they are very thick cardboard paper, which is strong and cannot be torn up by kids.

Part	Recommended Paper Type	Recommended Paper Weight	Finish
Cover type 1	Art paper + gray board	157gsm + 1800gsm	Glossy or matte lamination
Cover type 2	Cardboard paper	350gsm +350gsm	Glossy or matte lamination
Inner pages	Cardboard paper	350gsm +350gsm	Glossy or matte lamination

Make sure you choose the right paper for your children’s book. Our printing experts are always here to help you select the best paper type. Do not hesitate to contact us!

Gobook Printing is one of the leading professional printing factories in China. We have been specialized in children’s book printing for over 10 years, and we are glad to offer our free book printing consulting for you.

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