“The world’s favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.” ~~ Edwin Way Teale

Barefoot Books Montclair will have a book booth at Montclair’s Nichuane School’s Mayfair on Saturday, May 30! This annual spring festival is full of fun: bouncy houses, music, games, food, arts & crafts and Barefoot Books! I’ll have a reading area, coloring activites, music and more. Come by and visit!

 

Nishuane Mayfair

32 Cedar Road

Montclair, NJ, 07042

Saturday, May 30

11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

“A penny saved is a penny earned.” ~ ~ Benjamin Franklin

 

April Showers Are Bringing May Flowers! We’re Welcoming Spring by Giving You FREE SHIPPING!

Shop now until Mother’s Day, May 10th and get free shipping on your order.

www.barefootbooksmontclair.com

“There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace.” ~~Bourke Coekran

Wednesday, April 22 is Earth Day! Barefoot Books is a company that celebrates the Earth every day. I am thrilled to be participating in Congregation Agudath Israel’s Glorious Green Festival on Sunday, May 3rd. I’ll have Barefoot Book’s selection of books, puppets and puzzles that celebrate the environment. Hope to see you there!

Glorious Green Festival

Sunday, May 3  from  12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Congregation Agudath Israel

20 Academy Road, Caldwell, NJ 07006

“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.” ~~ Bo Derek

 Free Shipping at www.barefootbooksmontclair.com from  now until March 31st!

“May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light, May good luck pursue you each morning and night.” ~~ Irish Blessing

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by sharing in

the Irish Tradition of Storytelling

 

Tales From Old Ireland

Seven of the brightest jewels of the Irish storytelling tradition.

 

This enchanting collection of favorite Irish folk tales deserves to be read aloud at every hearth. Described by Malachy Doyle in captivating language, the larger-than-life characters, dramatic landscapes, and magical happenings of all the tales, including the famous legend of the bewitched Children of Lir, are also brought vividly to life by the luminous art of Niamh Sharkey, making this a book that will transport readers to another world for many happy hours.

Visit www.barefootbooksmontclair.com to purchase.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ~~ Confucius

 

UPDATE:  Montclair Kids joined with www.baristanet.com and is now Barista Kids!  Check us out at www.baristakids.com

Awhile ago, I posted about finding the site www.montclairkids.com that Kristen Kemp started and how great it.  I’m so excited to announce that I am now a contributor! 

“Procastination is the thief of time.” ~~ Joseph Heller

On Monday, February 2, our Winter Sale ends!  Quick….start shopping!

“The young prince and the princess, who was not quite a real princess – but very nearly a real princess – married and lived happily ever after.” ~~ Brenda Williams

The New York Times ran an article about picture books and numbers, featuring none other than The Real Princess!

“For the slightly older child, “The Real Princess: A Mathemagical Tale” ought to prove a beguiling mix of number lore and fairy tale. The plot elements will be familiar: three princes looking for brides, a king with three bags of gold and a queen with nine magic peas. But running through Brenda Williams’s story is a riot of numerical coincidences, some turning on the curious fact that if you take various multiples of nine (18, 27, 36, 45 etc.) and add up the digits (1+8, 2+7, 3+6, 4+5), you always get nine back again. This is the kind of hidden pattern that children delight in discovering. And if some of the artsier parents fail to get it, they’ll at least smile at Sophie Fatus’s illustrations, which have a little of Marc Chagall  in them, and a little of Joan Miro.”

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” ~~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“Every time I think of you, smile for a while.” ~~ Dan Zanes

 

I’m not ashamed to admit it, as a grown woman, I am a huge Dan Zanes fan… oh, and my daughters like him too.  Dan Zanes’ music is real music.  He covers American Folk music, rock songs, multi-cultural jams and does it in a way that makes everyone happy, from babies to grown ups.  When my oldest daughter Kyla was 15 months-old, we took her to see him at Symphony Space in NYC and the smile on her face is a memory I will keep with me forever.  We have now seen him eight times and just purchased tickets for the Wellmont show on March 1st.  I am thrilled that Dan Zanes and Friends will be doing a show at The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair’s newest music venue.  They will donate all the proceeds to Montclair Community Pre-K.  Purchase your tickets here. 

Why I am I writing about Dan Zanes on my Barefoot Books blog?  Dan Zanes and Barefoot Books share core values: inspiring creativity, celebrating diversity, giving back, building a community…  They are a perfect fit and is , perhaps, why I feel so strongly for this company and his music.