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"The standard of excellence in children's books" - Forbes Barefoot Books is an award-winning, independent, women-owned and run, children’s book publisher based in Concord, MA.

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Won't Go! is an IBC Children's Choice Awards in the Baby and Toddler Books category! 🎉

Congratulations to author Sumana Seeboruth and illustrator Fotini Tikkou ✨

05.03.2026 17:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rise Up! is a 2026 Notable Social Studies Trade Book!
Check it out! 👉 bit.ly/37CqJdr
#NSSTB2026

04.03.2026 15:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Happy book birthday to our brand new Baby Animals Know & Grow series! 🎂 🎉

Young animals know how to do so much, but there is always more to learn! Buy now 👉 tinyurl.com/y9ujmxer

03.03.2026 17:07 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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AMERICA'S FOUNDING MYTHS...AND WHAT REALLY H… | Kirkus Reviews Did Christopher Columbus really “discover” a new world? Did the Pilgrims invite the Wampanoag to a friendly First Thanksgiving? Is July 4 truly the nation’s birthday?

Coming in May from @barefootbooks.bsky.social AMERICA'S FOUNDING MYTHS...AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED is “Playful, provocative, and packed with perspective” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

26.02.2026 14:17 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We are thrilled to share that 'Of the Sun' is a Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award winner! 🎉 🤩

Congratulations to author Xelena González and illustrator Emily Kewageshig!

Thank you to Texas State University College of Education for this honor.

23.02.2026 19:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our wonderful publicists, Publisher Spotlight, are doing a webinar tomorrow, featuring our book 'Zamzam for Everyone'!

"Books to Ignite & Delight Young Readers" on Tuesday, February 24 @ 1pm EST

Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/3ed36whz

23.02.2026 15:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“Kwesi is burdened by his fear of swimming…Nana Ruby is scared too…. Together, they learn to face their fear, and learn to swim” KWESI AND NANA RUBY LEARN TO SWIM is an #EmpathyAward winner @barefootbooks.bsky.social empathylab.uk/wp-content/u...

22.02.2026 15:53 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Breathe Deep’ written by GRAMMY®-winner Joanie Leeds and illustrated by Bárbara Quintino!

Buy ‘Breathe Deep’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/breathe-deep

10.02.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Iranian-American illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh from Home Away from Home by Nazneen Akbari. Hand-painted section of a spread, with a deliberately childlike charm, from a picturebook about growing up with two cultures. Barefoot Books 2 February. @barefootbooks.bsky.social

10.02.2026 10:00 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy #BookBirthday @barefootbooks.bsky.social BREATHE DEEP provides “useful and simple guidance for helping preschoolers quiet their roiling emotions” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

10.02.2026 11:49 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
On the left, Breathe Deep, the cover of which shows an old man and young child hand-in-hand on the left and a woman with a guitar sitting on a bench on the right together with a girl. Home Away from Home is on the right. Its cover shows a smiling elderly woman with her head covered looking at a girl she is sitting next to on a bench. The girl is returning her smile and they’re holding hands.

On the left, Breathe Deep, the cover of which shows an old man and young child hand-in-hand on the left and a woman with a guitar sitting on a bench on the right together with a girl. Home Away from Home is on the right. Its cover shows a smiling elderly woman with her head covered looking at a girl she is sitting next to on a bench. The girl is returning her smile and they’re holding hands.

Thank you @antswilkinson.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social for today’s picture book post. Looking forward to reading Breathe Deep by Joanie Leeds & Bárbara Quintino and Home Away from Home by Nazneen Akbari & Rashin Kheiriyeh. Both for 3+ readers.

04.02.2026 15:44 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Check out my chat with debut author Nazneen Akbari about her inspiration and insights into her touching picture book - Home Away From Home. mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... Rashin Kheiriyeh @barefootbooks.bsky.social #interview #kidlit #grandparents #family📚👍

05.02.2026 09:26 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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We are so excited that 'Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim' is featured in the 2026 Read for Empathy collection! 📚🌀

As an international publisher founded in the UK, we're proud to support the UK's National Year of Reading #GOALLIN

05.02.2026 17:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Home Away from Home’ written by Nazneen Akbari and illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh!

Purchase ‘Home Away from Home’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/home-away-fr...

03.02.2026 14:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, HOME AWAY FROM HOME by Nazneen Akbari, illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh (@barefootbooks.bsky.social) out on Feb. 3.

To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2026/01/the-... (+ more ways to win)

30.01.2026 15:23 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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'Home Away from Home' is available February 3! 🕌🩷

Nuha is already worried about spending the summer in Oman. When she leaves behind her dearest doll, how will she possibly feel at home in Oman now?

Written by Nazneen Akbari
Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh

29.01.2026 16:11 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📣 🥳 We’re excited to share that Barefoot Books Creative Development Director, Kate DePalma, has acquired rights to ‘OOPS! I Just Ate You’, written by Ævar Þór Benediktsson and illustrated by Joaquín Camp – coming Autumn 2026!

23.01.2026 15:40 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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3 Picture Books to Celebrate Thankfulness in the New Year Blessings are all around in these gentle picture books that exalt sharing and gratitude in a manner accessible to children.

A trio of #picturebooks to encourage sharing thankfulness in the new year comes from @slj.com feature including ZAMZAM FOR EVERYONE from @barefootbooks.bsky.social www.slj.com/story/review...

21.01.2026 13:59 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ written by Razeena Omar Gutta and illustrated by Bassent Dawoud!

Purchase ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/zamzam-for-e...

20.01.2026 15:14 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Zamzam for Everyone Zamzam for EveryoneRazeena Omar Gutta and Bassent DawoudBarefoot Books Mariam, the narrator and her parents are among the throng on their Hajj, a once in a lifetime pilgrimage to Makkah. “Mariam, H…

Kindness to others , generosity and thankfulness are key in #ZamzamforEveryone - a heartwarming story Razeena Omar Gutta and Bassent Dawoud @barefootbooks.bsky.social - it’s #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dzE

20.01.2026 09:48 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy #BookBirthday to @barefootbooks.bsky.social ZAMZAM FOR EVERYONE receives a #StarredReview saying it “will be equally enjoyed by children who already know about Hajj and by those who are learning of it for the first time” www.slj.com/review/zamza...

20.01.2026 11:58 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Zamzam for Everyone Zamzam for EveryoneRazeena Omar Gutta and Bassent DawoudBarefoot Books Mariam, the narrator and her parents are among the throng on their Hajj, a once in a lifetime pilgrimage to Makkah. “Mariam, H…

“Kindness, generosity to others and thankfulness are key in this heartwarming story” ZAMZAM FOR EVERYONE from @barefootbooks.bsky.social redreadinghub.blog/2026/01/20/z...

20.01.2026 11:58 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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¡Muy Verde! Seeboruth, Sumana. ¡Muy Verde! / Too Green. Illus. by Maria Castells. Concord: Barefoot  Books, 2023. 26pp. Grades preK-2. Green soup?! I...

#TranslationTuesday ¡Muy Verde! / Too Green “takes the reader on the emotional rollercoaster of a young boy whose helpful hands in the kitchen open the door to an unfamiliar looking food” Bilingual Spanish and English from @barefootbooks.bsky.social sliscrimsonreview.blogspot.com/2025/12/muy-...

20.01.2026 13:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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OF THE SUN | Kirkus Reviews This colorful, engaging picture book in verse celebrates Indigenous American heritage.

OF THE SUN from @barefootbooks.bsky.social is “Visually rich, textually potent, a brief book that speaks volumes” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

08.01.2026 14:44 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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'Won't Go!' is an 2026 Inclusive Books for Children Awards shortlist title in the Baby & Toddler category!

This adorable board book written by Sumana Seeboruth and illustrated by Fotini Tikkou follows a toddler as she learns to transition from one activity to the next.

12.01.2026 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Don't miss out – it's the LAST DAY of our LAST CHANCE to Save sale! ✨ 🎁🏷️

Use code SNUGGLE25 for 20% off sitewide now through midnight. Don't miss out on our last sale of the year! ⭐⛄

Shop now 👉 kntn.ly/aea387d8

15.12.2025 14:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It's your LAST CHANCE to save! ✨ 🎁🏷️

Use code SNUGGLE25 for 20% off sitewide now through December 15th. Don't miss out on the last sale of the year! ⭐⛄

Shop now 👉 kntn.ly/aea387d8

09.12.2025 15:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our FLASH SALE starts today! ⚡🎁🏷️

Use code FLASH25 for 20% off ALL SETS now through December 8th.

Shop now 👉 tinyurl.com/3eur7b2r

05.12.2025 15:14 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📣✨ HEADS UP! Today’s book introduces children to the Jewish memorial tradition of a yahrzeit candle. 🕯️THE REMEMBERING CANDLE shows how sharing memories of loved ones can help us with grief. ❤️ Written by @alisongoldberg.bsky.social and illustrated by Selina Alko. From @barefootbooks.bsky.social

04.12.2025 11:52 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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The Tiny Baker by Hayley Barrett, illustrated by Alison Jay Cover illustration copyright © 2020 by Alison Jay Although as adults we possibly tend to ignore insects unless they are particularly attractive or threaten to sting us, children – especially …

This week’s #PictureBookFriday review is for the beautiful The Tiny Baker by Hayley Barrett, illustrated by Alison Jay. Out now for 3+ readers from @barefootbooks.bsky.social
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