The Storyteller's Books: July 2009

Friday, July 24, 2009

Kangaroos Have Joeys

In this new large format board book, Kangaroos Have Joeys learn the names of twenty-four animals and their babies in this simple rhyming text. Notes at the end enhance the experience, with facts about the habitats of each of the featured animals. Written by Stella Blackstone, and beautifully illustrated by Philippa-Alys Browne, it is a wonderful companion to their Barefoot Books collaboration African Animals ABC now also available in large format board book, as well as in paperback.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Kids' Kitchen

Ready for some healthy fun in the kitchen? Pick up "Kids' Kitchen" cards! With forty Fun and Healthy Recipes to Make and Share, you can step into the kitchen for some child-friendly fun with food. The forty recipes in this colorful deck are based around the five main food groups, and offer a healthy and exciting way to learn about cooking!

Friday, July 17, 2009

New Activity Book!

Swing into the jungle fun! A wonderful companion to The Animal Boogie (or super on it's own) this new activity book is perfect for traveling in the car, at the beach, or rainy days! The puzzles, games, coloring pages and word scrambles are supplemented by a full-spread sticker sheet, with reusable stickers. And, the pages are printed on 100% recycled paper!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Bear in a Square...in French/English

And Spanish/English as well! One of my favorite young children's Barefoot Books to read, from one of my favorite young children's picture book "series" is now available in a bilingual French/English translation edition, as well as in Spanish/English. It's Bear in a Square! Both books, along with other titles in the "Bear" family, in just English or just Spanish, can currently be purchased upon my Barefoot Books Web-site.

Another book from the series Bear in Sunshine will soon also be released in both bilingual editions in the very near future.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Special Discount Offer!

20% off all orders placed through my Barefoot Books web-site between now and July 16th! Just enter the code HAPPY when you checkout! Visit today and stock up on great summer reading, music and more for the kids!

www.BarefootBooksStoryteller.com

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

New Web-site Launch & Book Drawing!

Search no further, wait no longer, the new Barefoot Books web-site has launched!! Please visit my site, view my personal pages, find the quote I use, and then email me at

TheBarefootStoryteller@

Barefoot-Storyteller.com

with "quote" in the subject line with the author of the quote in the body of the email and you will be entered into my free drawing to win a copy of the Barefoot Book An Island in the Sun. I'll pick the winner on July 20th, just in time to hold another drawing before the end of the month! Stay tuned for future drawings, and...

Visit my Barefoot Books web-site today! www.BarefootBooksStoryteller.com

Fundraisers

My on-going fundraiser for The Autism Society of Maine continues, giving 15% of all sales to The Autism Society of Maine when you order direct through me by order form or phone, or on-line and mention the fundraiser for The Autism Society of Maine.

The fundraiser for the Maine Farmland Trust gives 20% of all sales to this non-profit organization, Maine’s only statewide land trust focused exclusively on farmland. It is their mission to: •Protect and preserve Maine’s farmland •Keep agricultural lands working •Support the future of farming in Maine. They work with landowners, land trusts, farm groups, towns and state agencies, to identify and preserve valuable agricultural land, so that it will forever remain available for agriculture. Fundraiser applies to on-line shopping, personal shopping and events, at on all Barefoot items found at The Maine Farmland Trust Gallery in Belfast. Learn more at: www.mainefarmlandtrust.org

Fund raisers are a perfect opportunity to bring quality books into your home and help the community at the same time. You can contribute to this and other fundraisers through my Barefoot Books web-site. Please contact me if you are interested in a fundraiser for your school or group.

Thank You

And a very big Thank You goes out to everyone who contributed to my fundrasier for the FUTURE MSAD 3 Capital Campaign for the Mount View School Performing Arts Center. They had set out a five year plan to raise $500,000 and in just seventeen months, they were able to raise over $624,000!!! Congratulations! I am so honored to have been a part of the campaign, as I deeply belive music, dance, theater, and art, in it's many many forms, is essential to feeding our souls... both personally as well as that of the community, and that becomes a very beautiful way of nurturing our children & our planet.

Raising Readers

I'd also like to remind folks that, through my doula practice, Mothers Moon, I am veryvery proud to be part of the raising readers program. When a mother chooses me as her doula, I get to present her with a beautiful canvas tote with a selection of books, a growth chart, and information about the raising readers program. Sometimes, I also have the chance to read a little something from them to the new child or older siblings! It's such a wonderful program! Families that schedule well-child visits with other particapating caregivers also will be given two Barefoot Books titles as well as a selection of other age/developmental stage books, from baby to toddler to pre-schooler!