Today I am pleased to bring you a giveaway from a sweet mama named Veronika who introduced my family to Barefoot Books a few months ago. I have to say that I am impressed with the thoughtful nature of each of the Barefoot titles that we have read, our favorites being “Mama Panya’s Pancakes,” “Listen, Listen,” and “The Girl with the Brave Heart.” Veronika is sharing a bit about herself and Barefoot Books today:
“My name is Veronika Riches and I am an independent ambassador for children’s book publisher, Barefoot Books. Barefoot Books is an award-winning publishing company committed to nurturing a love of reading in a way that encourages children to explore their creativity, and discover the diversity of the world’s many cultures and traditions. Barefoot Books offers many children’s books inspired by stories about people and the natural world around them. A world-wide community of writers, artists, storytellers, musicians, and others are committed to providing timeless stories and captivating art that can help children become happy, engaged members of a global society. The full selection of products can be found here. The publisher’s core values are listed here.”
“I first became involved with Barefoot Books in 2009 because of my daughter’s love of books and my desire to stay at home with her while she is growing up. I am now very excited to share my love for beautiful books with my daughter and her younger sister. I love that Barefoot Books offer what I think is essential in life – enthusiasm for reading, creativity and discovery.
My own love for books and reading developed very early on in my life and I remember reading under the covers with a flashlight as a child. When I was old enough to have a job I sometimes dreamed about being a librarian or working at a bookstore. It never happened – until now. Now I own my own bookstore!”
“Becoming a Barefoot Books Ambassador is one of the best experiences of my life so far. I am pleased with the way my business is growing and and have great plans for the future. I have gained a wealth of experience in working year around at events of all kinds from small home parties and community fairs to large scale education conferences and marketing shows. I also sell from my home.
Being a Barefoot Books Ambassador is very rewarding. The support to build your business is always there – from the moment you sign up to whatever level you want to take it to. I offer help and support to my growing team of ambassadors in building a business in a way that suits personal circumstances, skills and abilities. I look forward to welcoming new additions to my team. If you’re interested in becoming an ambassador and looking support in getting started, please contact me any time.
I am enjoying my time of living Barefoot with my little girls and love bringing Barefoot Books to other families. I discovered Ginny’s blog through Ravelry when I was browsing the gallery of the Milo pattern, a popular toddler vest. As a new knitter who loves to wrap her own children in cozy wool, I love Ginny’s creations and feel inspired by what she knits for her family.
May your family’s life be also full of joy, laughter, art and beautiful stories for many years to come!”
Veronika is offering one Small Things reader a $25.00 gift card. She is also offering a 20% discount on all purchases. The discount code is FRIEND. All orders over $60 receive free shipping.
For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post. For a second chance to win: visit the Barefoot Books site then come back here and leave another comment naming a Barefoot book that interests you.
Comments are closed and the winner is Meghan: “My daughter is a book-a-holic. She would love these!”
Thanks, Veronika and Barefoot Books!
First off, what a wonderful way to stay at home with her babes!
I really liked “How Loud Is A Lion” and “Secret Seahorse”.
I love giving books as a gift and with a new granddaughter, these are perfect.
Tales from Celtic Lands looks beautiful!
What a wonderful giveaway!
I am interested in The Gigantic Turnip. 🙂 and a whooole bunch of others. 😛
Great giveaway!
Very interesting books! Thanks for the information.
I visited the site and The Real Princess and Driving My Tractor look like fun books!
Beautiful books. Thank you for the chance to win!!!
What better gift/giveaway than books. My daughter would love this!
This is great! Thanks for the opportunity and for the coupon! I checked
Out the website and the Shakespeare book looks neat for one of my sons!
I’m so excited about this offer! I hope to come back and do some shopping
This weekend! Thank you! We own I took the moon for a walk and it’s
One of my favorites!
What beautiful books!
I just took a look at the site, and the How Big is a Pig book is my fave. My daughter is going through a phase where she declares her love for pigs…daily.
My daughter is a book-a-holic. She would love these!
Books! Yes!
I saw a display of Barefoot Books this summer and they are SO beautiful; unfortunately they don’t fit into our budget right now.
Thanks for the opportunity!
My boys love all animal stories and The Hungry Wolf looks wonderful. Thanks for the opportunity!
Books … our favorite thing!
wonderful books!!
I love barefoot books. They’ve got so many great titles!
Such neat books!
These are new to me and I know my granddaughter would love them!
I think I would like to get The Gigantic Turnip.
I would love to win!
I never heard of these books. They seem lovely.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Beautiful books….I recognize a few of the titles and would love to receive a gift card.
Thank you for sharing….I love visiting your blog 🙂
Lori
What a great giveaway, thanks!
Thank you so much for the giveaway!
We have few titles from Barefoot Books and we simply LOVE them. Their selection of books is truly exquisite. Thank you for the wonderful chance to win some!
I knew Barefoot Books, some while ago and am glad to see that they are still around. Winning this gift card would certainly help with my gift list! Thanks for making the give away available.
My daughter is just starting to pay attention to books. I would love to read these to her.
oh, these sound like some great stories!
Such beautiful books! I am a kindergarten teacher and I’ll be so happy to have a book of your colection! Thanks for the chance! Gisela
My granddaughter loves to read and loves nature.
Animals and nature are big interests right now, so Cow in the Cabbage Patch or Down in the Meadow might become favorites in our house. Thank you!!
It’s always so fun to get new books and read them with my girls. Today my two year old was “reading” A.W.Tozer, flipping pages saying, “[random gibberish]….strawberries!….[random gibberish]….trees!.”
Thank you for the giveaway!
We love books! Would love to win for my kiddos
Love this publisher!
“Listen, Listen” has just gone onto my list for this year’s gifts. So many lovely books being brought into the world by Barefoot Books.
At Christmastime I give each of my nieces and nephews a book of their own. This tradition continues with the now-grown girls. Barefoot Books would make a wonderful addition to their libraries. Thank you for the generous offer.
We love children’s books in our home and Barefoot Books looks like a great new resource!
And, after looking at the site…how could I pick just one? My son really loves the books with story CD’s, and he’s really into knights right now. Maybe I’ll get him that one for Christmas!
I think we’d love Fireside Stories. It looks like the perfect bedtime read-a-loud for this winter.
Wow, what an awesome giveaway. We love Barefoot books in our house. Thanks!
We love books! All kinds…We’d love to try these.
“There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away…” Emily Dickenson’s poem will always strike a chord within my heart. One of the best gifts for a child is a mother who reads to them and with them! Lovely books from Barefoot Books!
After looking more at the website, I would love to purchase many of the books. I also would like to buy some of the hand puppets…my granddaughters would be thrilled.