One of my favorite Barefoot Books is being re-released this autumn in hard cover edition, Herb the Vegetarian Dragon.  If you personally pre-order your copy through me for pick-up at one of my regular storytelling locations (The Inside Out Playground, Back Door to the Moon, or Blessed Baby Boutique) before September 30th, I will include a silk dragon stick puppet!

Other local folks interested in this offer with pick-up at a different location may contact me too    TheBarefootStoryteller@Barefoot-Storyteller.com

Barefoot Books is making it's way into FAO Shwartz New York, and have had this "Storytellers Throne" built especially for the store. My son is sure it's a design Roald Dahl left sketched in a notebook somewhere... September is nearing soon enough, so we are reading Matilda's Magic Finger  and I've promised to make a movie night with a dusty VHS of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka...I adore Tim Burton, and Johnny Depp has had his performances... but I know Dahl, and Burton's Depp, sir, is no Willy Wonka.... 

Now I've strayed from my original thoughts...which were of the fantastical Throne...  My son looks at the picture and asks, "Are you supposed to SIT on it???"  A resonable question from a seven year old child who has seen me perform, and read, many times....usually swooping around the room, sometimes sitting upon a high wooden stool, occasionally stradling a chair backward, but most often if I am to be still during a story it's comfortably seated in the middle of my humungous cushion on the floor with the children gathered around...   "What else could it be for?"  I respond...  "I think it'll make a great hat-rack" is his final answer.

Barefoot Books on-line offer: Order by December 31st and receieve 10% off* your purchase of Yoga Planet Cards - 50 Fun Activities for a Greener World. (a great companion to the Yoga Pretzel Cards!)      *Use code SCYPP

Whether you are seven or fifty-seven, whether you already practice yoga or want to learn, these informative and attractive cards are the ideal answer. They give detailed step-by-step instructions on how to perform the poses, but also increase environmental awareness with tips on how to reduce our impact on the fragile planet.

www.BarefootBooksStoryteller.com

I'm not the biggest fan of Pizza Hut, but they do have a reading incentive plan begining this October 1st. And anything that motivates a child to read is a good thing, right? I will be signing up a group of home-schooled children to participate in the program with me. Send me an email with "Book It! Program" as the subject if you are interested in being added to the list.

TheBarefootStoryteller@barefoot-storyteller.com

The BOOK IT!® National Reading Incentive Program was established to motivate children in grades K-6 to read more. This unique program is free to classrooms in public, private, and parochial schools and allows teachers to set goals that complement their reading curriculum and student's reading skills. The program provides teachers with tips, tools and free reading award certificates to keep reading motivation high.  www.bookitprogram.com

Now Available from Barefoot Books:

 Just in time for the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008, Barefoot releases this beautiful story. Please read more about it upon this site here.

It's a wonderful time to "Go Barefoot"...schools, libraries, civic groups, homeschoolers, work at home moms... register with Barefoot Books for free, get free banner links, and earn 20% to 33% on your sales plus the opportunity for free books!

You can register on my site http://www.BarefootBooksStoryteller.com as a Stallholder or contact me for more information.

Peace, Dawnella

In the Waterville Maine area (coming some to Belfast and Skowhegan as well) your child can join this book club and it'll be like getting a gift each month...the gift of reading!

There are three different series to choose from, currently offered as 6-month subscriptions. Subscribe and these books can be picked up at The Inside Out Playground at 5 Appleton Street on either the first or third Thursday of each month when The Barefoot Storyteller comes to visit.

The First Steps Series:
The child receives one gift wrapped board book each month. Books may include: The Elusive Moose; How Big is a Pig; One Moose Twenty Mice; Cleo's Counting Book.    6-month subscription - $56

World at their Feet Series:
(Read together 0 - 5 year old; Read alone 5 - 9 year old)
The child receives one gift wrapped hardback book a month. The books within this Series expose children to the variety of beautiful cultures around the world. Examples of books distributed within this Series include, We're Sailing Down the Nile; We All Went on Safari; My Granny Went to Market or Mama Panya's Pancakes.    6-month subscription - $109

Tell me a Story Series:
(Read Together 0 - 5 year old; Read alone 5 - 9 year old)
The child receives one gift wrapped hardback book a month. The books within this Series include The Tear Thief; The Boy Who Grew Flowers; I Took the Moon for a Walk; Listen, Listen; My Daddy is a Pretzel.   6-month subscription  $109

Contact me personally for more information and to set up your child's membership.
TheBarefootStoryteller@Barefoot-Storyteller.com


Happy Reading!
Dawnella

Reminder, National Library Week is April 13th - 19th!  To find a local library here in Maine to visit with your child, please see http://www.mainelibraries.com

As always, Happy Reading!

Peace, Dawnella