The Treasure Map! Issue #1 March 1, 2009
~ Talula's Wagon ~ brings the world's treasure to children in the books, music and toys we sell!
We exist to help parents & teachers find great books to show children how to become global citizens with kid-friendly multi-cultural & environmental information. If you would like to find out all the ways we do that - then browse our site to check out how "green" we are, how we work with many charitable organizations to make the world a better place; and still do what we do best --- provide that "special" gift for the beautiful children in your life!
Visit Our New Website! Read Our Blog! Welcome to the first installment of "The Treasure Map!". As I have been building my new website for ~ Talula's Wagon ~ and been working on the first newsletter; I have been thinking about all my customers who stopped by my community event booths in the last two years. Those wonderful folks have shown me that I was right to think that parents and teachers are fed up with high-priced junk that is passed off as good reading material at school book fairs for our kids these days. There is a strong grass-roots movement to stop the media marketing to our children; from companies that use inappropriate ads (like preferred body-size images, violent toys and junk food ads) and send them wrong messages that belong in adult-only media. Read what the Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood organization has to say... (>> go here. <<) about the problem and how you can do something about it.
Browse my website (tswagon.com) or read my blog (>>Talula's Barefoot Books Blog <<).
See Our Resource Links: On our Links: Parent page you can find safe surfing sites for kids, activity sheets to download, tips on reading with your kids to create a love of learning, bilingual information, cyber crime busting for kids with McGruff, reviews for new kids books and lots more. On our Links: Teacher page you will find links for ESL, guided reading levels, multi-cultural materials, educational sites for classroom aides and more great resources.
Need to find a new product for fundraisers at your school or organization? Tired of cookie dough, gift wrap, candy? Want something healthy without all the 'buy-me' media products? Try reasonably priced children's books with free books for your school library?
~ Talula's Wagon ~ has several options for bookfairs, fundraisers and community event booths. See the Contact Us page; fill out the form & I will be glad to discuss ways to help your group or school promote fun and fabulous reading material instead!
Reading & Listening with Kids Books -- If you need fantastic fairytales, toddler boardbooks, soft & cuddly stuffed animals, audio & music CDs for the car stereo or ipods, challenging puzzles or beautifully illustrated YA chapter books for your children; then bookmark our new website and browse our 400+ Barefoot Books products or take a look hundreds more items in the Asia For Kids products line. We hope you will subscribe to our newsletter and come back often to share our love of high-quality multi-cultural children's books.
Announcements for March 2009! For Spring 2009, Barefoot Books is bringing you more YA illustrated chapter books, activity books, lift-the-flap books, puppets and several reprints of old favorites in new formats. Some titles now have new Spanish versions and some have the newly released audio CD added. New items below:
YA - Arthur of Albion
Activity - Dotty Spotty Doodles, Whole World, Portside Pirates, Ziz-Zag Zebra
Lift-the-flap - Talk With Me, Walk With Me
Reprints - Farmyard Jamboree, Creepy Crawly Calypso, BFB of Faeries
Spanish - El Mundo, Mira quien toca calipso!, Algarabia en la granja
New w/CD - BFB of Faeries, The Gigantic Turnip, Jack & the Beanstalk
Puppets - Folkmanis Donkey, Folkmanis Panda