Barefoot Books

09/03/2026

We ❤️ The Adventures of Odysseus

Link in bio to shop our beautifully illustrated chapter book!

09/01/2026

🎂🕷️ Happy Book Birthday to Midnight Creep! 🎂🕷️

"It’s a Midnight Creep! All the giants are asleep and the lights are out…Everybody give a shout and SCREEEAM!"

Purchase ‘Midnight Creep' NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/midnight-creep

09/01/2026

🎂✨ Happy Book Birthdays to ‘Unicorns and Other Creatures of the Earth’ and 'Vampires and Other Creatures of the Night' written by Celeste Cortright and illustrated by Giulia Orecchia!

Can you guess these fantastical creatures from the riddles?

Buy these new additions to the Fantasy Slide-and-Series NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 https://www.barefootbooks.com/vampires-and-other-creatures-of-the-night-board-book

09/01/2026

🎂🧟 Happy Book Birthday to ‘OOPS! I Just Ate You.’ written by Ævar Þór Benediktsson and illustrated by Joaquin Camp!

A laugh-out-loud spooky tale about a lonely zombie who is very, very hungry…hungry for friends, that is!

"Youngsters hungry for laughs will eat this one up" – Booklist

Purchase ‘OOPS! I Just Ate You.' NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 https://www.barefootbooks.com/oops-i-just-ate-you-hardcover

08/24/2026

Kindness Glows in the Dark is an Inclusive Books for Children Top Pick! 🎉

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08/19/2026

Of the Sun, written by Xelena Gonzalez and illustrated by Emily Kewageshig, is a 2026 Américas Award Commended Title! 🎉

Thank you to the Consortium of Latin American Studies Program for recognizing this beautiful book.

Check it out! 👉

Américas Award OverviewCLASP founded the Américas Award in 1993 to encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinx cultures in the United States, and to provide teachers with reco...

07/29/2026

07/28/2026

We were on NPR today! 🎉

Barefoot Books Creative Development Director Kate DePalma joined NPR's Here and Now program live to talk about our picture book 'America's Founding Myths...And What REALLY Happened!', written by Christy Mihaly and illustrated by Marta Sevilla.

Thanks to everyone who tuned in live! If you missed it, you can listen to the full segment here 👉 https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/07/28/america-myths-book

Thanks so much to National Public Radio for this wonderful feature!

07/27/2026

🎉 We're going to be on NPR July 28th at 12:45 p.m. EST!

Tune in to Here & Now to hear Barefoot Books Creative Development Director Kate DePalma discuss our America 250 collection including our new picture book, 'America's Founding Myths...And What REALLY Happened!' 🇺🇸📚

Listen in at 12:45 p.m. ET on your local NPR station or stream live on NPR's website using this link 👉 https://www.wbur.org/radio/programs/hereandnow

07/06/2026

'America's Founding Myths...And What REALLY Happened!' is featured in The New York Times!

"Knowing our history is part of being a citizen. In AMERICA’S FOUNDING MYTHS … AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!, Christy Mihaly considers 15 legends that young readers may have already encountered"

"How Four Children’s Picture Books See America at 250" – read now 👉

New works by Christy Mihaly, Carole Boston Weatherford, Howard W. Reeves and Derrick Barnes show that there is still much to celebrate, rebel against and amend.