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Knick Knack Paddy Whack is now available!

Knick Knack Paddy Whack PB with CD is now available!

“This bright, lively, new interpretation of the classic children’s song incorporates numbers, musical-instrument families, and a multiethnic group of adorable children who march along with the “old man” of the song… With colorful acrylic and collage illustrations and varying fonts, each spread is alive with activity.” -School Library Journal

Pair this with our other new releases:

Earth Tales, Walk with Me, Talk with Me, and You and Me Lap Book!

HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Sorry I’ve been on a break from blogging.  December has been a crazy month.  I’ll be back starting tomorrow!

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Teaching your Kids to be Thankful

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to teach your kids about being thankful. Here are some ideas to teach your children how to appreciate the blessings in their lives.

 

Giving Thanks Placemats

The goal of this craft is to create a collage filled with drawings and pictures of all the things your children are thankful for. Cut photos from magazines, or print some photos from your computer. Older children can write captions under the photos or draw their own. Be sure to put the child’s name and the year on it.

 

If you make this collage from two standard letter size pieces of construction paper taped side-by-side, you can take the completed collage to a copy shop when you’re done and have it laminated. It then becomes a placemat that you can use every Thanksgiving for years to come.

 

Thankful Paper Chain

Another way to remind your children of their blessings is to create a paper chain. This is similar to a regular paper chain – where you cut strips of paper and connect them together as loops, but there’s one difference. You write on the strips of paper before you connect them. Write the things you are thankful for with your children. For instance, “Grandma plays games with me” or “My teacher is nice.” The fun part of this activity is to make the chain as long as possible – showing all your blessings. If you’d like to keep this up during Christmas, just use green and white paper.

 

Thanksgiving Tree
This is another take on the idea above and works really well if you have several kids in the family. Get each child to trace their hand on yellow, red, or brown construction paper. Cut out the hand shapes and write (or have the child write) what they are thankful for on the hand shape. Cut a tree trunk shape out of brown construction paper. Glue it on a large piece of poster board. Let the kids add their hand shapes as leaves above the tree trunk, turning it into a beautiful fall colored tree.

 

Thankful Book

This idea is similar to the others, except it’s more of a keepsake. Purchase a photo album or scrapbook kit and make a “blessings” theme. Add photos of loved ones, including stories about why they are special to you. Also, include pages of your favorite foods, favorite stories, favorite movies and all the other things that make you happy. Any time your kids feel down, you can open your blessing book to see all the reasons you have to be happy – and thankful for the blessings in your life.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 

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New Barefoot Books Partnership: Books for Africa

Barefoot Books is delighted to partner with non-profit Books For Africa, dedicated to bringing books to needy children in schools across Africa. The books we have selected to send all have African themes, and will make a huge difference in the lives of children across the African continent.

For a few dollars, you can put a Barefoot Book in the hands of an African child. We hope you will be a part of this wonderful partnership.   Checkout http://YourBarefootBooks.com for how to help.

About the Organization
The mission of Books For Africa is to end the book famine in Africa. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped more than 20 million books to 42 African countries and put books int0 the hands of those who need them the most: children who are hungry to read, hungry to learn, hungry to explore the world in ways that only books make possible.

   

About Mama Panya’s Pancakes:
On market day, Mama Panya’s son Adika invites everyone he sees to a pancake dinner. How will Mama Panya ever feed them all? This clever and heartwarming story about Kenyan village life teaches the importance of sharing, even when you have little to give.

 About We All Went on Safari:
Join Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their Maasai friends as they set out on a counting journey through the grasslands of Tanzania. Along the way, the children encounter all sorts of animals including elephants, lions and monkeys, while counting from one to ten in both English and Swahili. The lively, rhyming text is accompanied by an illustrated guide to counting in Swahili, a map, notes about each of the animals, and interesting facts about Tanzania and the Maasai people.

About How Loud is a Lion?:
A crowd of colorful African creatures caper through this entertaining book, but none can compete with the terrifying roar of a lion! This simple text coupled with the repeated refrain develops memory skills, while the jungle setting and range of animals builds vocabulary!

“But Why Mommy”

If I hear “but why Mommy” one more time today and I will go crazy!  Everything out of the 2 year old mouth is this question.  Over and over again…I can’t take it.  It doesn’t matter how many explanations I give. 

How do you deal with this?  Help is appreciated.  Thanks.