Monday, March 28, 2016

Usborne vs Barefoot Books

Usborne books
You will find Usborne and Kane Miller books the most exciting, engaging, and educational books on the market today. They are high quality, innovative, lavishly-illustrated and best of all they are the books kids love to read. Enjoy browsing through the almost 2000 bright colorful and fun titles covering a wide variety of subjects. 

30 years ago Peter Usborne pioneered a new generation of books that prove that it is possible to create books that compete with the vast media that attracts children today.  From activity books, to neat fiction series, to internet-linked science and history encyclopedias, Usborne does books better. 

Kane Miller books come from all over the world to bring a different feel, culture, or just a silly story that kids everywhere can enjoy. Fantastic fiction series make Kane Miller a wonderful choice for the readers in your life. 

  • Illustrated classics, myths, Shakespeare, etc.
  • Intro to deeper, academic subjects: science (the body, space, animals, etc.), math, 
  • Activity books and cards: sticker books, how to draw, dress up, etc. (a cool Victorian doll house or castle building set with book)
  • Cute and engaging toddler books



Barefoot books
We empower you to share stories, connect with families and inspire children.
What’s childhood for, if not exploring?
From finding butterflies in the garden, a famous landmark in a far-flung city or a new favorite story character, every day brings the children in your life a door to adventure and discovery. The door just waits to be opened!
Every Barefoot book is designed to open kids’ hearts and minds, to launch little people on big adventures.
  • Folk and Fairy Tales
  • Activities: yoga cards, puzzles, games, puppets, etc.
  • Books with cd (music or story)
  • World cultures (music and books)--bilingual too!
  • Nature-based and Healthy lifestyle books
  • Life lessons books

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So, the way i'd summarize the two different book companies is to say both are great! They just serve different purposes and audiences. So as a general statement: if you're looking for exposure to subject matter in simple, engaging ways....go Usborne. And if you're looking for world or more nature-based exposure through experiences and stories, rather than facts, go Barefoot (you can take that literally or not). :)

Some of my favorites off the top of my head, since I've never written them all down...
Usborne: Classic dickens for kids, ballet stories, intro to classical piano music, some great collections too, the Victorian doll house or the castle kits, etc.
Barefoot: yoga pretzel cards, childrens poetry, earth tales, animal tales, any of the collections!



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