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Listen to a new song or story from a Barefoot Book each week. Carefully crafted books make reading fun, engaging stories encourage children to explore the world around them, beautiful artwork inspires creativity, and lively music hightens intelligence! Be sure to subscribe to the new podcast program today! (just click the button below)

Mini Review of Some New Releases

The UPS man arrived at my doorstep this morning bearing gifts! I just got a chance to look through some of the newest Barefoot releases:

Kids' Garden is of course beautifully illustrated (it's where those flowers came from for my latest blog banner!) and is full of lots of fun ideas! How about having a race, between a snail, ant, inchworm and other insects? Turning your brother or sister into a camera?

We're Roaming in the Rainforest is another wonderful addition to the "Laurie Krebs library" and as a storyteller, I'm inspired by the animal actions for kids to do... swim like pink river dolphins, march like leaf cutter ants on parade, crouch like jaguars... And like other Laurie Krebs' books, it also provides information on the peoples of the area, as well as the animals, and there is a nice bit on conservation too!

Up, Up, Up! has simple text and is a brightly illustrated trip in a hot air balloon, with a sing-along cd! Repeated in the story, the song is:

Up, up, up, up in a balloon. Up so high I can touch the moon.

Up, up, up, sailing with the clouds. Look at me! I'm so high, I can fly, I know how.

And a special piece of text I enjoy is:

I see all people,

All trees,

Cats and dogs,

bear and monkeys.

Cars and buildings,

All those cities,

Jungles, mountains and countries.

They're blending into just one color...

And it's green!

All are available now through my web-site www.BarefootBooksStoryteller.com

Happy Spring! Happy green shopping! (both books mentioned here are printed on ancient forest friendly paper)

New Video!

Watch the new Animal Boogie video here

New Releases!

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I am so excited to be sharing the new Barefoot Book releases... Kids' Garden, We're Roaming in the Rainforest, and Up, Up, Up!

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Click on any of the titles to visit the pages directly, or shop the entire Barefoot Collection upon my Barefoot Books web-site to read all about them and see some of the beautiful illustrations!

I am especially excited that Kids' Garden is now available! Get outside and grow with some child-friendly fun with gardening! This new "deck" is filled with 40 fun indoor and outdoor activities and games along with an eight page booklet that contains information on gardening tools, year round plant care, and garden safety. Step-by-step directions are enhanced by colorful artwork on each double sided card. I will be using this kit for many of my gardening, planting, and "green" storytelling activities in the coming months! Please join me, or buy your own copy here

March

visit www.BarefootBooksStoryteller.com today

February

Why not pick up The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems or The Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales to share with someone you love this month? If an enchanting fairy tale is what you are seeking, I recommend The Princess and the White Bear King. One of my favorite books any time of year is The Boy Who Grew Flowers ... Visit my web-site today for these and many more stories that will make to smile.

Chinese New Year

Race with the animals of the Zodiac as they compete to have the years of the Chinese calendar named after them. The excitement-filled story is followed by notes on the Chinese calendar, important Chinese holidays, and a chart outlining the animal signs based on birth years. The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac

Visit my web-site today for other beautiful stories of Chinese culture.

Barefoot Ambassador Incentive

Barefoot Books offering an incentive to everyone who registers

between now and April 30th...  an opportunity, if they want,

to buy the Barefoot Books Starter Collection at a reduced fee.

($99.99) With the 20%  commission you'd earn, it'a a savings

 of over $80!

(there is no requirement to ever buy the kit at all, however)

I'd also like to make a personal offer to folks right here in Maine
who might be interested in joining, whether to sell Barefoot Books
for extra household income, sign on to raise funds for your school
or group, or just be able to get wonderfully beautiful children's 
books for your own personal library at a reduced price.

Here's what I'm offering:
For the first ten Maine people who sign up with me I will
give $50 worth of Barefoot Books (may include books, puzzles,
puppets, and music cds...your choosing on a first come basis
from over $2000 worth of personal inventory I have), plus 
$10 in marketing materials, and a free gift on top of that!  
 
For those not interested in selling, you may replace the marketing
materials with another $10 in merchandise!
After the first ten people, everyone who signs up in Maine
between now and March 30th will receive a free book or other
Barefoot merchandise of their chosing from my inventory.  
At any time, folks who sign up with me to start their Barefoot
 business will have the chance for "on the job event training" 
as I have several events coming up this Springtime that I will
 need help with. I also have events lined up  ready to hand
 over to people ready to go it on their own.  For those looking
 to start their business, I have over 15 years in retail experience
 (being my own boss!) to share with you. For those not looking
 to sell, but to enrich the lives of their children with Barefoot 
Books at home, I have over 20 years  experience and  on-going
 education in child development, and creativity for children, to 
suggest ways to make the most of what Barefoot offers.
  Barefoot has enchanting books, playful puppets and
 puzzles, incredible world music for kids. 

There is never any fee to sign up, no purchase requirement. 
You get a free personalized web-site and on-line marketing tools, 
and you can start  earning a commission/saving money and even
 sign up folks of your own immediately. Yes, you (and I) can earn
 a small commission when the folks you sign up make purchases,
 but for me it's about  spreading the word, and hopefully finding
 folks  ready to help me at local events! :)

Please contact me for more information: 
 storyteller@fairpoint.net 
 and visit my web-site too
 http://www.BarefootBooksStoryteller.com 

In Story, Dawnella