We are so excited to share that The Remembering Candle & Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim are 2026 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year! 🎉
Thank you to @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social for these recognitions!
Check them out here 👉 shorturl.at/VPs6p
'Home Away from Home' is a Books for Topics 2026 Recommended Read! ✨
Congratulations to author Nazneen Akbari and illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh! And thanks to Books for Topics for this recognition 😊
✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Kindness Glows in the Dark' written by Gama Valle and illustrated by Mrinali Álvarez Astacio!
Purchase 'Kindness Glows in the Dark’ NOW 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/kindness-glo...
Happy #BookBirthday @barefootbooks.bsky.social THE WAITING ROOM and simultaneously published in #bilngual format as La spa de aspera/The Waiting Room a “first purchase” says @slj.com www.slj.com/review/the-w...
Rise Up! is the Foreword Foreword Indies Juvenile Nonfiction Honorable Mention title! 🎉
Thank you to Foreword Reviews for this wonderful recognition, and congratulations to author Rachel C. Katz and illustrator Sophie Bass!
Check it out 👉 www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winne...
New blog post up on our website! ✍️✨
"Teaching Information Literacy Through America’s Founding Myths" shares how to use 'America's Founding Myths' in your classroom.
Check it out! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/blog/post/20...
✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to new books in the Roscoe & Ivy series: Always Pasta and The Waiting Room!
These adorable board books focus on the daily life of a neurodivergent family – exploring new foods, finding way to make waiting fun, and more!
Available now 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/the-waiting-...
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And to go with this @barefootbooks.bsky.social also publishes today a #paperback edition of RISE UP!
there's more on the #bilingual front in #kidsbooks today too! Happy #BookBirthday to 2 editions of ALWAYS PASTA and SIEMPRE PASTA/Always Pasta from @barefootbooks.bsky.social
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#AmericanRevolution250: "Exploring What Really Happened" by @christymihaly.bsky.social. Stop by for a great post, peek, and real scoop on AMERICA'S FOUNDING MYTHS!
AND the GIVEAWAY for this outstanding book!
#edusky #skybrarians @barefootbooks.bsky.social bethandersonwriter.com/2026/05/29/a...
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Explore America’s Founding Myths, a visually engaging nonfiction picture book that teaches kids critical thinking and information literacy through U.S. history.
These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cherries on top a metaphorical ice cream sundae of indie books. The Juvenile Nonfiction winners of the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year ...
Many myths persist in US history, but never fear, author Christy Mihaly is here with a super new book for this year’s 250th anniversary! I can attest, it’s a fascinating read chock full…
