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School Is Back!

Celebrate the new school year with our Ruby's School Walk.  It is now available in paperback for only $7.99.  Wonderful  way to deal with those going back to school jitters.  Ruby's Walk will help calm those feelings. 

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Ruby's School Walk

Ruby’s morning walk with Mom on her first day back to school is far from ordinary. With a tiger ready to pounce and mighty beasts that loom and lurk, getting to school seems like an impossible task. Will she find the courage to make it there and begin her real adventure?

Ages 3 to 7 years
Written By: Kathryn White
Illustrated By: Miriam Latimer

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Let The Games Begin!

Do you know where Azerbaijan is?  (Hint:  it is by Georgia, No, not in the US)  Give up?  To help you can buy Barefoot Books World Atlas...there's a gorgeous map on pages 30-31 where you can find Azerbaijan.  Our Atlas is currently on sale for only $14.99, usually $19.99.   More ideas below from the Living Barefoot Blog on enjoying the Olympics with your children.  Also check out Barefoot Books extensive multi cultural books to learn about different countries or our Spanish, French, Bilingual books to learn some other languages.  These can be found at http://marshamiles.barefootbooks.com  

 

10 Ways the Summer Olympics can Lead Families to Discover the World: A World Geography Lesson for Kids

by Leah Lesser Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:00 AM EDT

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The Summer Olympics, with the athletes’ dramatic personal stories, unbelievable athletic prowess and excitement about thousands of people from hundreds of countries unified through sport, inspire children’s imaginations like no other global event. But the Olympics aren’t just about watching amazing athletes and rooting for your favorites. It’s also a great opportunity to turn children onto world culture and geography.

With 204 countries competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics, there are many important and fun things to teach children that go far beyond the speed at which a human can run, the awe of a gymnast performing multiple flips on a four-inch wide beam, and the number of paces a horse needs to take in order to successfully clear a high jump.
Here are 10 ways to spark children’s imaginations with the many multicultural aspects of the Olympics.
1.  Enjoy some food from the country of your child’s favorite Olympic athlete.
2.   Have a World Atlas app or book handy while you watch the games and learn one fun fact about each country in the competition.
3.  Make flags representing the countries competing in your child’s favorite competition.
4.  Get out that world map and mark it with medal counts as you watch the Olympics together.
5.  Learn how to say “Hello” in the different languages of the countries represented in your child’s favorite sport. ( The Barefoot Book, If You're Happy and You Know It  with CD it is wonderful for this.)
6. Read books with your children about the nations and cultures represented in the Olympics.
7. Have your child pick an athlete from any country then research their training conditions.  Discuss why the land the athlete comes from helps contribute to their athletic abilities (i.e., marathoners from Africa train in desert heat and higher elevations, making London streets easier for them, etc.)
8. When the medals are handed out and the flags go up, the winner’s national anthem is played. Find out what the words of the national anthem mean and sing it with your child.
9. Learn the capital cities of the countries of the athletes participating in your child’s favorite Olympic sport.
10. Figure out what time it is in the home country of the winning athlete and in London and encourage your child to calculate the best time for the athlete to call home and share the exciting news with their family.
Are you planning to use the Olympics as a teaching opportunity in your family?  Share with us your ideas!
*This article has also been featured on www.incultureparent.com.

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Wear Your Fairy Wings

On Saturday, July 21st I will be sharing Barefoot Books at the 2nd Annual Woodbury Faerie Festival held at Flanders Nature Center in Woodbury, Ct.  This wonderful day is sponsored by the Woodbury Junior Women's Club.  Event runs from 10:00am-3:00pm.
Sunday, July 22nd is the rain date.
 

Faerie Festival Link

For more about Fairies check out these Barefoot Book Titles:

The Barefoot Book of Faeries

Delight in the wonder of faerie lands with the poems, stories and legends in this colorful collection. Humor, fantasy, magic and wit all come together to introduce readers to the faerie realm. Book with CD editions include stories and poems read by Tanya Robyn Batt.

Ages 4 to 9 years
Retold By: Tanya Robyn Batt
Illustrated By: Gail Newey

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The hard cover on sale now for only $14.99

The Faerie's Gift

Enter a magical forest where a woodcutter is granted one wish after saving the life of a fairy. The woodcutter must make a difficult decision when faced with the needs of his wife, his father, and his mother. His ingenious and touching choice is at the heart of this traditional tale. Book with CD edition includes story read by actress Niamh Cusack.

Ages 4 to 9 years
Retold By: Tanya Robyn Batt
Illustrated By: Nicoletta Ceccoli
Narrated By: Niamh Cusack

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Hardcover w Story CD ($17.99) 

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Perhaps you and your children will be inspired to build your own fairy house for the garden. (Source blog:  kookoo in the hoohoo) How to below:

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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!

Welcoming Bare feet Into Spring!

 

Bare Feet Wreath

Spring has certainly sprung early in Northwest Ct.  The dainty crocuses and the showy daffodils have already gone by.  The tulips are ready to burst.  I really need to plant my new Lenten Rose now that the cold snap has past.  Also the Elephant Ear bulbs are calling from the basement that they are ready for the warmer soil.  Spring has also sprung with Barefoot Books.  We have new, beautiful titles to bring out your green thumbs and appreciation for the Earth and its' creatures.  You and your family will fall in love with Grandpa's Garden or My Mama Earth.  For the little ones Who's in the Farmyard or Farmyard Rhymes might be just the perfect books to cuddle up and read with.  Celebrate this Spring with a new Spring wreath for your door and a new Barefoot Book for someone you love.  Welcoming all those Bare feet!

It's Here!

The new app is available for the Barefoot World Atlas.  Don't forget to buy your own hard copy of Barefoot World Atlas.  Click below to shop. 

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Barefoot Books World Atlas

Embark on a mind-expanding journey across the planet. Your guide is earth enthusiast and TV presenter Nick Crane. Your map-maker is artist David Dean. Divided by geographical region, the Barefoot Books World Atlas looks at the way in which communities and cultures across the world have been shaped by their natural environment, and at the ideas and initiatives which are shaping the future. An atlas for the twenty-first century, it shows how all parts of the planet are interconnected and looks at the challenges which face us all in creating a sustainable future.


The Barefoot World Atlas app for iPad is now available!

For all ages
Written By: Nick Crane
Illustrated By: David Dean

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Hardcover ($19.99)