The Supertree Grove is featured in my picture book, Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World, illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng, and published by Barefoot Books. It was a thrill to see the SuperTtee Grove for myself in Singapore. This is the smaller grove: My daughter, who is spending a semester abroad at…
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‘Food for the Future’ makes Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best
I’m thrilled to announce that Food for the Future is included in Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best lists! This is a staff-created list. Food for the Future is on their Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2023 list for kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The Best of the Best lists represent…
Food for the Future in EdibleBoston! 4 page insert!
Barefoot Books has partnered to create edible for KIDS, a four-page insert that is in EdibleBoston and other cities that are part of the Edible Community magazine series. Here’s a video of the four-page spread for Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. Have you seen this in your city? Please…
I’m Presenting at NCTE
I’m thrilled to be presenting on a panel at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Josh Funk put our panel together. It’s called, “Food: The Universal Language that Connects Us All.” I’ll be joining Josh Funk, Mindy Yuksel, Jen Seiler, and Lisa Wyzlic on Friday, November 17th at 11:00 a.m. Josh Funk…
Join Us for a 3 Farm Picture Book Event at Newtonville Books!
What a lucky day at Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival to catch Nancy Castaldo just as she was headed out. I was able to invite her to join us for our farm book event, and … the stars aligned because she lives quite far away in update New York … but she is joining us!!!! We…
Wow! I’m in Publisher’s Weekly for ALAAC23
My friend Tim told me that I was included in the photo gallery for the ALA 23 in Chicago in Publisher’s Weekly. I was thrilled to see this photo! From Left to Right: Barefoot CEO and co-founder Nancy Traversy with authors Shirin Shamsi, Mia Wenjen, Baptiste Paul, and marketing director Jeanne Stafford Other authors were kind…