Today is Go Barefoot Day!

Happy National Go Barefoot Day!  June 1, 2013 is
National Go Barefoot Day

    Feet aching after a long week? Today is the day to kick off your shoes. It's National Go Barefoot Day! Embrace the beginning of the summer season and join people across the country in this shoe-free celebration.

    National Go Barefoot Day was launched by a non-profit organization called Soles4Souls. The real purpose behind this quirky holiday is to encourage people to donate new and used shoes to the victims of natural disasters. Take a moment to do a little spring cleaning and give away the shoes you no longer need. You can even organize a shoe drive in your community.

    Looking for other ways to celebrate Go Barefoot Day? Enjoy a barefoot walk on the beach or treat yourself to a pedicure! Enjoy!
Maybe go Barefoot With Barefoot Books!  http://marshamiles.barefootbooks.com 
(Thanks to KL for the photo of her grandbaby's feet!)

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Located in the Foothills of Northwest Ct.  I'm a Barefoot Book ambassador.  If you are a book lover you will fall in love with Barefoot!

Summer Reading Barefoot Style

I didn't mean to take such a long vacation from my blog.  Many posts are in my head, but never found their way to posting.  To start fresh and celebrate Summer, let's promote Summer Reading.  Barefoot Books is partnering with PBS and Jet Blue to Soar With Reading this Summer!  Click below and you can view the Barefoot Books Summer Reading list. and find activities for your favorite Barefoot Books.  Make sure you post your favorite children's book and for every post Barefoot Books is donating a book to a child in need.     In the coming weeks I will be highlighting some of my favorites from the list.  Please go to http://marshamiles.barefootbooks.com if you wish to buy any of these amazing titles and Soar into Summer with a Barefoot Book.  Now you can grow wings while going Barefoot!

Our Barefoot Books Summer Sale is Sizzling Hot!

Direct Selling News on Barefoot Books

"Award-winning children’s publisher Barefoot Books recently began a new chapter in its ongoing success story, with plans to expand its direct selling activities across Europe. As the company also prepares for a grand re-launch of its brand in the UK, Madeline Clark finds out more about its pioneering books, its humble beginnings and the Barefoot lifestyle."
To read complete article go to:  Direct Selling News  
To learn more about how you can be a part of Barefoot Books by starting your own business and become a  Barefoot Book Ambassador please contact me at:  marshabarefootbooks@gmail.com  I would love to share my enthusiasm for this amazing company and our gorgeous books with you.  Thank You!

Barefoot children in the rain - Jimmy Buffett

Spring has Sprung and April Showers bring May Flowers but maybe the Spring Rains Also Bring Barefoot Children!   Enjoy Jimmy Buffet's song and then go to http://marshamiles.barefootbooks.com and shop for your own Barefoot Children.  There's still Free Shipping for all online orders $60.00  and over!   Enjoy!

Free Shipping on online orders $60.00 and over!

Holiday Greetings with Cleo the Cat!

Give Back!

With every November online order for Barefoot Books we will give one book to First Book.  What a wonderful to shop and help others.!

Ruby's School Walk- Calming the Back to School Jitters!

"On the way to school, Ruby experiences a world her mom cannot see.  Young readers will love joining this imaginative girl as she faces her fears and learns how to keep them in check".  Click on tell me more button.  
Meet Kathryn White, the author and Miriam Latimer, the illustrator by clicking on the link below:
 Barefoot Books :: Community Showcase

 

" Barefoot is the Best!"

     Barefoot Books recently posted on Facebook about  people questioning  how Barefoot Books chose their name.    Most people felt if was because of when you are barefoot you are "living directly in touch with the Earth"  Tessa Strickland, co founder of Barefoot Books,  indicates the simplicity and naturalness the image of a barefoot child brings.  "The image of the barefoot child speaks to anyone, anywhere in the world.    There is a freedom and earthiness in going barefoot.  Our Barefoot Books truly value what "Living Barefoot" is all about. Our books celebrate creativity with our well written stories and gorgeous artwork.   A recent article in  The Guardian  writes about the physical  importance  of a child going barefoot.  Here's a excerpt: 
Clarks, which produces Crawlers, makes the following declaration on its website: 'There's nothing better for young feet than walking barefoot, whenever it's safe. It helps muscles develop, allows the skin to breathe and feeling the ground beneath their feet will help them learn to walk.' The title of this statement?  'Barefoot is best.'    To read the entire  article go to:http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/09/barefoot-best-for-children   In many ways,  I too, believe  Barefoot is definitely the BEST!
How do you live Barefoot?

Watch Our New Knick Knack Paddy Whack Video!

Join the band, watch, listen, dance, sing along.  Lively tune sung by Connecticut's children's singer, Steven Songs.  Have fun!

Find Out More About Barefoot Books!

 This is a  wonderful article  about Barefoot Books in the Huffinton Post.  Very informative!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-serle/barefoot-books-story-imma_b_632487.html

To find out more about becoming an Barefoot Books ambassador go to:   http://marshamiles.barefootbooks.com or click on Start Your Own Business banner in sidebar!  Thank you

Barefoot Books Opened a New Store This Past Weekend......

Barefoot Books opened a New Flagship Store this past Weekend in Concord, Mass.  It is like stepping into a Barefoot Story.  It looks gorgeous!  New Store Information

View our Brand New Fresh, Lively, and Very Green Books for Spring!

Announcing Barefoot Books New Podcasts!

Here's your chance to listen to our brand new podcasts for FREE!   Every week you can listen to a specially selected Barefoot story or song. Our amazing stories and songs will stretch your and your children's imagination.  As you listen visualize the images  or sing and click up your heels to a lively Barefoot song. Click on photo and enter my Marketplace to start listening to our first podcast of Jack in the Beanstalk. Subscribe to our podcast program and be on your way to sharing and living Barefoot.  Enjoy!

Watch our New Animal Boogie Video!

  Here is Barefoot Book's  newly launched video to go with our title, The Animal Boogie.  Kick off your shoes and Boogie away.  To watch just click on photo.  This is so much fun!  The Animal Boogie is the book that started my Barefoot Books adventure.   I introduced this book to my preschool class and they loved it.  After this first introduction,  we sang and danced to Animal Boogie every single day of that school year.   We never got tired of it.   Now you have your chance to do the same.  In celebration of this video launch,  Animal Boogie is now on SALE until the end of March.   Available also are the Animal Boogie Activity Book and the Animal Boogie puzzle.   Don't miss this opportuntiy to Go and Live Barefoot!  Have Fun!

"Going Barefoot is Pratically a Requirement"

 

Haba rug Barefoot style,

not your cashmere bathroom rug!

I'm a big fan of HGTV.  I watch it a lot.  My husband says, "Maybe, too much!"  During a recent bathroom updating project I also took to surfing HGTV's web site.  While searching for the perfect towel bars, cabinet handles, and blinds I stumbled upon an ad for a  cashmere bath rug.  This luxurious rug was under the caption, "Going Barefoot is Practically a Requirement...!"   Of course the caption was referring to how amazing the rug would feel in your bare feet, but as an independent seller of Barefoot Books this caption spoke to me in a very different way.  Barefoot Books slogan is "Kick off your Shoes and Go Barefoot".  To me "Going Barefoot" is truly a  requirement in my life.  For almost three years, I have been enthusiastically sharing our  wonderful books.  Barefoot Books are gorgeous gems celebrating imagination, creativity, art, story, cultural diversity, and helping  our planet.  The idea of Living Barefoot brings on images of not only sinking one's toes into a soft cashmere rug, but running barefoot in the sand along the ocean, singing and dancing in the kitchen, catching fireflies, cuddling up and finding new treasures in a well read book, (the list is endless, full of simple, joyous pleasures) Through  Bare-Footnotes I will share Barefoot news, specials, opportunities, and individual books in hopes of showing what "Living Barefoot" is all about.  I invite you to read, follow, post your comments, and visit http://marshamiles.barefootbooks.com  in hopes of sharing why I believe "Going Barefoot is Practically a Requirement" with or without the cashmere rug!

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