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

Barefoot Conference and going barefoot

I have just checked the latest Barefoot newsletter to find my quote from this years Barefoot Conference in UK has been included, after the relief of finding it was not the video message we all had to record I thought I would share it with you-

"It was a wonderful few days so lovely to meet so many people, really inspiring and great goodies bags! All at Barefoot were so welcoming and worked so hard. Can't wait till next year!"

So that is what you missed, there was also an amazing storyteller, artists and authors in attendance.

If you fancy joining us and going 'Barefoot' too I am looking for team members. You can set up your own home based business with advice and support from myself as well as the lovely Barefoot community of fellow ambassadors and Barefoot staff, who have excellent customer service! You can work your own hours and focus online selling, selling in person or a bit of both and for as many hours as you want. Plus you get between 20% and 50% off retail prices when buying the books in bulk (depends on size of order). So you could just become an ambassador in order to buy books for yourself and the children in your life at a cheaper price.

If this has whet your appetite please check out my website for more details and also contact me directly to chat about opportunities and find out more. There is absolutely no obligation but I would love to chat, by the way you do not need to be local to be in my team or even in the UK as online tools and phone make it very easy to work in a team across the country, I am also happy to travel every so often in order to chat in person of course and make a trip of it!

Click here for more info

Are we nearly there yet?

Listen to a Barefoot pod cast here for free for a taster of the lovely music and story CDs and book sets available. 'The journey home from Grandpa's' and 'The Magic Train Ride' are particularly good for holiday journeys.

Enjoy

Become a Barefoot Ambassador

Would you like to sell these beautiful books too? Find out about about becoming an ambassador and joining my team here

contact me berkshirebarefoot@mail.com

for more information. By the way you don't even need to live near by.

Browse the catalogue

The whole lovely catalogue is here to browse

Motherbridge of Love

Motherbridge of Love
This beautiful book deal sensitively with adoption. Based on an anonymous poem the story is about the relationship between a young girl and her adoptive and birth mothers. Highly recommend and I believe this book should be available in every school for children, carers and teachers to read.

Once upon a time.. The story of Barefoot Books

Once upon a time... The Story of Barefoot Books

The founders of Barefoot Books Nancy and Tessa tell the story of how Barefoot Books began.

Summer Events

This summer I am bringing Barefoot books to summer fêtes, school fairs and fund-raising events. If you are interested in me attending your event please let me know, I can even do storytelling, arrange activities and give advice on children's books.

Welcome!

Welcome to Berkshire Barefoot Books

My name is Ruth and I sell these beautiful children's books online, at home and at events. Please browse the books on my website

Join my facebook page or contact me at berkshirebarefoot@mail.com

I can also provide books for a fundraiser event

Click here to find out more about how you can sell these books too

I am a qualified children's librarian and can also arrange Barefoot Book storytelling for children, provide help selecting suitable books and even give advice on encouraging children to read.

Other services include providing activity books for children's parties, gift lists for birthdays, christenings and other occasions.

Please feel free to e-mail me berkshirebarefoot@mail.com