Kim's Barefoot Bookshop

12/06/2024

🌺 Hi friends! I’m hosting a fun 30 minute summer workshop tomorrow (Thursday) night at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central | 6pm Mountain | 5pm Pacific | 2pm Hawai’i time) to help us all intentionally plan our rhythms and routines this summer to maximize the imagination, creativity and FUN we want our summer to include!! Our kiddos are only this many years old this ONE summer, and we don’t want to let it slip through our fingers!!

📚 YES you can shop books, toys & games through the event. Anyone who does so will be entered to win the entire free book haul from the event (at least $100+ worth)!

💥 One guest will also win a Summer Fun Book Bundle (valued over $30)

📒 There will be additional chances to get free books, toys & games. But the primary focus of the workshop will be to download the free workbook I’m providing to plan the summer you envision in your dreams, and work through the pages together over a quick 30 minutes.

⏰ It will be more fun (and you’ll probably be the most motivated to actually make your summer rhythms & routine plan) if you can join us live at 8pm Eastern time on Thursday night, but the event will be open through the weekend until Tuesday night, so you can drop in at your convenience if you can’t make it on Thursday.

👇🏽Comment below with a summertime gif or emoji if you’d like an invite to the group! Feel free to invite family and friends to the group, if you think they would enjoy it - please just ask their permission before adding them to the group, so that only people who WANT to join us are in there!!

🍷🍦🧋🍒See you all tomorrow night - pour yourself a cool summer beverage or a chilled summer snack, print out your workbook (or grab a notebook if you prefer), and bring your favorite pen(s)!!

10/06/2024

📚My book haul from my annual trip to Tulsa for our children’s booksellers conference with PaperPie. Some of these books were gifts from PaperPie (signed by the authors and illustrators who spoke at the conference 💙 - probably my favorite part of the week 🥳). One was a gift from dear friends 💚. And a few were my haul from the airport bookshop in Vegas on my layover (where I also got a surprisingly awesome chiropractic adjustment 🤣)!!

🤔 Which one would YOU read first??? 📖

02/04/2024

“A rainy day is a special gift to readers...”
― Amy Miles
☔️ Happy April, friends ☀️

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18/03/2024

After the heavy emotional heavy lifting of ’s FABULOUS This Could Be Us, this mama is settling into Spring Break with a light & fun KU “Improbable Meet-Cute” story collection as a palate cleanser 🤣 before diving into my next read, which is likely to be One Dark Window…depending on my mood 😆

12/03/2024

🐰Paper(Pi)e Day Mystery Host Party Alert 🐣

In honor of Paper(Pi)e Day this week Thursday 3.14, I’m opening up Spring Mystery Host party tomorrow! It will run through next week Tuesday! Fill your Easter baskets with books! Check out a new PaperPie product line launching on 3.14, snag $3.14 flat rate shipping, shop the $3.14 book sale, or give your bookshelves and book baskets a Spring refresh!!

🎉🎉 Comment INVITE ME below for an invite to the mystery host event group (it will be an FB group so you need access to a Facebook account to join) 🎉🎉

Here are the details:

$10 order increments = 1 entry in the Mystery Host drawing to earn the free + half price book rewards from the party (usually around $100+ in free books 🙌📚)

5 bonus Mystery Host entries for activating your PaperPie Brand Partner account for just $3.14 on 3/14 or $10 any other day before the party closes 😍

🗣️Comment on posts (no purchase needed) to be entered in the $50 in free books Participation Prize drawing!!

✌🏽Double your Participation Prize entries by signing up to host your own PaperPie pop-up event this Spring!!

💥Who wants an invite?? Comment below!!💥

04/03/2024

🌱 A child who reads will be an adult who thinks 💡

Did you know that one of the best ways to raise readers is to model reading for pleasure yourself? I often read on e-reader and audiobook, but I try hard to read physical books in front of my children, too, so they know that I read books for pleasure, and they can too 💕

02/03/2024

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Cicero

☘️ Happy March, book lovers 🌸📖

02/03/2024

I’m currently alternating between reading Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross on Kindle and Audible, depending on what I’m doing.

✨ Anyone else like listening + reading to the same book in 2 formats or do you prefer different books for each format?

14/02/2024

🩵💚 Happy Valentines Day 💚🩵
Thank you all for sharing the 💙 LOVE 💙of reading and books with the children in your life!! And mamas - you deserve to treat yourselves to a new book today too 😘!

07/02/2024

📖 This old friend came through tonight 💕. My 5 year old had a rough night of nothing going her way and an epic tantrum. At the end, she burst into tears, apologized, and crawled into my arms. Then she asked for a story from this longtime favorite collection…which of course turned into 3 stories 🥰. We both needed the reconnection and time just holding each other, being soothed by the familiar stories and pictures that have always been some of her very favorites. Books make it better. 💕

✨ Do you have a favorite comfort read that you come back to again and again? Do your kids?

🏷️ she

06/02/2024

Out today!! I LOVE Ali Hazelwood and am excited to see her exploring different subgenres!! I’ll be reading this soon after finishing my SJM binge!!

🙋🏽‍♀️ Anyone else out there looking forward to this one?

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02/02/2024

💥💥 $500 IN FREE BOOKS GIVEAWAY!💥💥

😮 ANY ORDER PLACED on February 1 - Monday February 5 at 2pm Central will be entered to win a $500 FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY from PaperPie 💥💥

🛒 Shop Here (or link in bio) by 2pm Central time on Monday 2/5 to be entered to win: c6882.paperpie.com
(no specific event needed)

👇🏽Drop your order number or a screenshot of your order confirmation email in the comments of this post or by DM to me by 2pm CENTRAL time on Monday, so I can verify your entry with our PaperPie Home Office!

26/01/2024

Ok yes, it’s a little late to post my favorite read of 2023, and also yes, this was technically a 2022 book, but I read it in 2023 🤷🏽‍♀️, and sat with its beauty weighing on me for most of last year. And, hey, I’m a tired mom of 4 and it’s still January for a few more days 🤣🤣, so…this is how I roll.

✨ Did you read any books last year that just haunted you for months? In 2022, the book that did it to me was probably Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell…

04/01/2024

💥 Free Books Alert!! 💥
Today is PaperPie’s 1st Birthday! In honor of this fun milestone AND our new release titles drop today, I am throwing a week-long PaperPie 1st Birthday Mystery Host Book Bash January 3-9! It IS happening over in Facebook in a private group, so ask your grandma for her login info if you need an FB account to get access 🤣. Comment “Birthday Bash” below for an invite and DM me your Facebook name! I’ll send you your invite 💕🎉

💥 I will be giving away $50 in free books just for commenting on event posts (no purchase needed)!

💥 AND If you do place a book or toy order, every $10 order increment earns you an entry in my Mystery Host drawing for the free book rewards from the event (usually $100 or more In free book rewards + extra half price book rewards too)!!

💥 PLUS, we have FREE SHIPPING on orders $30+ AND every order of $30+ gets a free gift mystery book with your order!

💥 And there are even more fun ways to win! Come to browse and see whatʻs new, find some hidden gems, or come to shop and fill your home library with new books and toys to entice the learners in your life!

💥Comment “Birthday Bash” below for an invite and DM me your FB name! 💥

🎉 Happy 1st Birthday PaperPie! 🎉

28/12/2023

✨📖 We’re Book Lovers 📖💕… I had to jump on this bandwagon! 😍 What would you add to this carousel?

25/12/2023

🎄📚Merry Bookmas, my friends! 📚🎄

21/12/2023

🖐🏽 Tips for Raising Readers 📚

☝🏽Place books cover side out on your bookshelves to engage kids’ curiosity.

✌🏽Rotate books frequently to keep kids interested.

🫶🏽 Refresh your shelves with new books each season to introduce new words, subjects, and language patterns.

🤙🏽 Read aloud, no matter how old your children are.

✋🏽 Store books in baskets around the house, so reading is always within reach.

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14/12/2023

📖 When you’re so busy reading that you can’t be bothered to eat breakfast or get dressed 🤪

07/12/2023

✨Do you know about the Last Chance category on our PaperPie site??

These titles are heading out of print in the near future and I’m verrrry sad to see some all time favorites on this list right now…

🏹 The Usborne Book of Greek Myths for ages 9+ is read and re-read often by my 4th graders just for fun. I might have to buy some extra copies of this one just to make sure we always have copies to gift or in case something happens to our well loved copy 😭.

🧦👾Billy & the Mini Monsters 😭

🔎 Billie B. Brown Mystery series 😭

It’s like saying goodbye to old friends 😩📚. See any favorites in the Last Chance section? Or ones you might have to snag for the first time before they go out of print?

📚Remember we still have:
✨Free shipping on orders $30+
✨11 awesome Last Minute gift bundles 25-30% off and ready to gift in a Season’s Reading tote
✨All Holiday titles are 30% off, plus we have 4 x 50% off holiday book bundles!

🎄The Christmas shipping deadline is next week December 13, so go load up your cart now to get free shipping, snag these Last Chance items, and knock out your holiday shopping 🎁!!

06/12/2023

I highly recommend this cool learning to read app from Usborne Publishing! It’s free this weekend!

Our award winning phonics game 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 is FREE this weekend. Designed in collaboration with leading academics, this groundbreaking game and its minigames make learning to read fun - covering everything from letters and sounds to full sentences as children create their own monster and take it on an adventure through a magical world.

Download 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 this weekend, yours to keep and play 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 on all devices. Offer ends 27/11/23.

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27/11/2023

25% Off Sitewide Sale Ends TONIGHT at 11:59pm Central time!!

Who has some holiday shopping to knock out today?? 🙋🏽‍♀️ DM me for help finding/picking the perfect gifts for kiddos in your life!

Shop here: https://c6882.paperpie.com/2564303

23/11/2023

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, book lovers! I am grateful for all of you and your support of my book business! 🙏

21/11/2023

Write a caption... 📚 🛒 25% off EVERYTHING!!! 🏃🏽‍♀️🎉
Who is ready for an AWESOME PaperPie Book Friday Sitewide Sale??? Our entire site is 25% off NOW through Monday, November 27th at 11:59 PM CT. Woohoo!! 🥳

🛒 Shop Here: 📖
https://c6882.paperpie.com/2564303 or link in bio

🎉 Comment below if you’d like a friendly reminder from me to check the sale out a few days before it closes!!

🦃 Happy Holiday Reading 🦃

09/11/2023

My 5 year old is OBSESSED with the new Sticker by Number sticker books! And yes, I’m all about using them to bribe her to do what I want 😆🤦🏽‍♀️🤪! This morning, she dressed herself, got in the car, and put her buckles on in about 1/8 of the time it usually takes - with zero cajoling 😝 because I told her she could do the cheetah page once she was buckled in!! 🤷🏽‍♀️ 😆

So far, we have Rainforest https://c6882.paperpie.com/p/11062/rain-forest and Dinosaurs https://c6882.paperpie.com/p/11063/dinosaurs in this awesome new series from Kane Miller publishing, but imma need them to come out with a lot more of these stat if I am promising 1-2 pages per day 😆! I love the cool facts on each page, and that the book turns into a fun, engaging nonfiction read after you’ve done all the stickers! Great gift idea!! I think my 7 and 9 year olds will like them too…but so far, nobody else has gotten a turn 🥴…

06/11/2023

🥧 𝟮𝟱% 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱! We want your family to gather around things that bring them together! Head over to the Gather Around category for 30 products that do just that - all for 25% off: https://c6882.paperpie.com/c/238/gather-around or click on the Gather Around category at link in bio.

04/11/2023

💌 𝗕𝘂𝘆 𝟭, 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝟭 💌 We have a special new category on our shopping site! When a product from this category is purchased, PaperPie will donate the same item to 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸. Check them out at https://firstbook.org/ and learn how passionate they are about getting quality books into the hands of every single child! Access to learning should be available to all and we couldn’t agree more!! Books in this category will change monthly, and I am so excited about it! Browse this month's books here https://c6882.paperpie.com/c/239/buy-one-give-one or at link in bio then find Buy 1, Give 1 at the shopping menu - some of my all time faves are in there this month!

20/09/2023

How FUN is this Nibbles Competition?! Open now, kids ages 4-8 can submit their best Nibbles drawings ... one of which will be selected for inclusion in the upcoming Nibbles book! Find all the details at: https://www.kanemiller.com/nibbles-competition.html

19/09/2023

YOU GUYS! Check out these brand new 📚 STACK Collections📚 that have just been released!!

You can explore these DEEPLY DISCOUNTED Collector Stacks, and which books are included in each awesome Stack at this link:
https://c6882.paperpie.com/c/237/collector-stacks or go to link in bio, then find “Collector Stacks” on the menu at the left hand side of the page!

📚Which Stack catches your eye??? 📚

15/09/2023

🍂🍁This incredible Sitewide Sale ends TONIGHT at 11:59pm Central time 🍁🍂
Here’s your last reminder about this awesome sale, in case you’re anything like me, who just registered for my college reunion on the last possible day of early bird discounted registration, even though my hotel and lots of other details are already booked 🤦🏽‍♀️…

Shop Here (or at link in bio) by 11:59pm Central time today - and remember we have free shipping on orders $30+: https://c6882.paperpie.com/2564303

14/09/2023

Probably our most anticipated new release….finally out today!! Santa Yeti: https://c6882.paperpie.com/p/10804/santa-yeti or search Santa Yeti at link in bio!