Barefoot Books - Textile and Art Appreciation for Kids!

(Originally posted Thursday, August 20, 2009)

If you have not already learned about Barefoot Books, you and the children in your life are in for a treat.

Their books are fun and beautifully illustrated, and for those who appreciate textiles, as I do, you will delight in their creative use of hand sewing, quilting, collage, and more.

My children, Nelleke and Magnus, and I really enjoy Barefoot Books not only for the books themselves, but also for the CDs that come with many of them.

“The Fabrics of Fairytale - Stories Spun Far and Wide” is a great example, with both the stories and the images about textiles. The stories are traditional tales from around the world about handicraft and traditional textile arts (spinning, weaving, sewing, etc.)

Clare Beaton also does really lovely work. Some of her titles are:

• I Dreamt I was a Dinosaur
• One Moose, Twenty Mice
• Hidden Hippo
• How Loud is a Lion?
• There’s a Cow in the Cabbage Patch
• How Big is a Pig?
• Secret Seahorse
• Never Say Boo to a Goose
• Elusive Moose
• Who are you, Baby Kangaroo?