Feeling Christmasy and avoiding shopping

So I was just about to go out shopping, when a ring on the bell and the Mr Delivery man has battled through the snow with my first box of books! Very exciting, so I decided to get festive and creative, before I put the tree up and instead put the christmas lights to good use.  Then I can then curl up with the books and put the CD on and be transported to a New Orleans Christmas.
Watch this space for more pictures and reviews...but must go shopping first!

The items in this photo are:
Fireside Stories 
Winter Shadow - which incidentally is one of Barefoot's growing range of chapter book, yes Barefoot doesn't just do picture books.

New Orleans Christmas ( CD)- click on the link to listen to a sample too.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... top 3 present ideas for babies and toddlers

With Christmas just around the corner I thought I would take some of the difficulty out of choosing presents for kids and give you a list of my top 3 Barefoot Books for babies and toddlers

I dreamt I was a Dinosaur
Quirky and wonderful with Claire Beaton's lovely patchwork illustrations.
How Loud is a Lion?
Fun with lots of jungle animals and catchy repetition.
Who's in the garden?
A large format board book with lots of flaps and interaction,great for small hands.

Watch this space for more ideas.....

Children's Book Week

It's Children's Book Week next week ( 4th October-8th October) a perfect time for storytelling, book activities and just to cuddle up with a good book. 


To celebrate children's book week  tell me your favourite children's book from your childhood, your kid's favourite book or just any children's book worthy of mention. Doesn't have to be Barefoot! 
One name picked at random on 10th October 2010  will win the £10’s worth of Barefoot Books of your choice.



To start you off here's some of my favourite childhood books: 


Chronicles of Narnia series by CS Lewis
Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce
Meg and Mog by Jan Pienowski


and now: 
Big Red Bath by (the wonderful) Julia Jarman
Granny went to Market by Stella Blackstone  (Barefoot)


Over to you.......x

Animal Boogie!

My favourite Barefoot Book!.... we go swing, swing, boogie, woogie oogie...

Find the book at
http://www.barefootplayground.co.uk

Little Leap Forward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TanZ2_aAnBQThis beautiful video about the life of the author is moving and beautiful.

Barefoot Playground- New website

Just a quick note to say I have finally launched my website with a new and easier to remember website address
(pause for trumpets)


www.barefootplayground.co.uk

Kid's Garden has just won a Tillywig Toy Award ( no I hadn't heard of Tillywig either)
Neither the less it is another award winning product for Barefoot Books
Kid's Garden is lovely box of cards featuring activities in the garden regardless if you have a huge garden or a small window box. Even better it in the summer sale at the moment ( until end of July).

If you like this try other Barefoot activity cards

Kid's Kitchen