We were on NPR today! 🎉 Kate DePalma joined Here and Now to talk about our picture book 'America's Founding Myths...And What REALLY Happened!'. If you missed it live, you can listen to the full segment here 👉 www.wbur.org/herean.../20... Thanks so much to @npr.org for this wonderful feature!

We're going to be on NPR tomorrow! 🎉 Tune in to Here & Now to hear Creative Development Director Kate DePalma discuss '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 👉 www.wbur.org/radio/progra...

You need this one for your creepy crawlies collections. It would work well for Halloween time, too. The colorful spiders are partying at night, singing and dancing the dabke. In rhymed text, and with an interactive SCREAM, this will be a storytime hit. Includes back matter & music! #kidlit 📚👍🏼

Just in time to set things straight AMERICA'S FOUNDING MYTHS...AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED! #MGLit #History #Nonfiction by Christy Mihaly & Marta Sevilla. Recommended at booksyalove.com?p=15394 . @barefootbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

“The premise of this ingeniously constructed book is simple: the examination and refutation of 13 myths about America’s founding” AMERICA’S FOUNDING MYTHS from @barefootbooks.bsky.social ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2026/06/03/a...

America’s Founding Myths…and What Really Happened by Christy Mihaly, illustrated by Marta Sevilla

America’s Founding Myths…and What Really Happened by Christy Mihaly, illustrated by Marta Sevilla. Barefoot Books, 2026. 9798888599082 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format…

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From @barefootbooks.bsky.social AMERICA'S FOUNDING MYTHS...and What Really Happened's "design is as playful as Marta Sevilla’s art, which mixes archival images with cartoony illustrations" while Mihaly "explains how ... myths were generated" says @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/b...

America's Founding Myths...And What REALLY Happened! was featured in the @nytimes.com this weekend! Author Christy Mihaly explains "how such myths were generated" and "the book’s design is as playful as Marta Sevilla’s art". Read here 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/b...

How Four Children’s Picture Books See America at 250

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Librarian and youth literacy advocate @marylannireads.bsky.social interviewed Christy Mihaly, author of America's Founding Myths, about the inspiration behind the book and how it teaches the truth behind tall tales of American history. Watch the full interview! 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqP9...

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Let @marylannireads.bsky.social introduce you to the newest from @barefootbooks.bsky.social AMERICA’S FOUNDING MYTHS www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvdJ...

Book Review: America's Founding Myths

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I'm headed to Chicago for the American Library Association Annual Conference! 🎉 Pls come by to say "Hi" at one of my signings on Friday 6/26 or Sat 6/27! Who can give up a chance to snag FREE signed books, amiright?! 🥰 Hope to see you there! @fsgbooks.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social

We are so excited to share that The Remembering Candle & Kwesi and Nana Ruby Learn to Swim are 2026 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year! 🎉 Thank you to @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social for these recognitions! Check them out here 👉 shorturl.at/VPs6p

Rise Up! is the Foreword Foreword Indies Juvenile Nonfiction Honorable Mention title! 🎉 Thank you to Foreword Reviews for this wonderful recognition, and congratulations to author Rachel C. Katz and illustrator Sophie Bass! Check it out 👉 www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winne...

2025 Foreword INDIES Winners in Juvenile Nonfiction (Children's)

These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cherries on top a metaphorical ice cream sundae of indie books. The Juvenile Nonfiction winners of the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year ...

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'Home Away from Home' is a Books for Topics 2026 Recommended Read! ✨ Congratulations to author Nazneen Akbari and illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh! And thanks to Books for Topics for this recognition 😊

#AmericanRevolution250: "Exploring What Really Happened" by @christymihaly.bsky.social. Stop by for a great post, peek, and real scoop on AMERICA'S FOUNDING MYTHS! AND the GIVEAWAY for this outstanding book! #edusky #skybrarians @barefootbooks.bsky.social bethandersonwriter.com/2026/05/29/a...

#AmericanRevolution250: “Exploring What Really Happened” by Christy Mihaly

Many myths persist in US history, but never fear, author Christy Mihaly is here with a super new book for this year’s 250th anniversary! I can attest, it’s a fascinating read chock full…

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✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Kindness Glows in the Dark' written by Gama Valle and illustrated by Mrinali Álvarez Astacio! Purchase 'Kindness Glows in the Dark’ NOW 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/kindness-glo...

New blog post up on our website! ✍️✨ "Teaching Information Literacy Through America’s Founding Myths" shares how to use 'America's Founding Myths' in your classroom. Check it out! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/blog/post/20...

Teaching Information Literacy Through America’s Founding Myths | Barefoot Books

Explore America’s Founding Myths, a visually engaging nonfiction picture book that teaches kids critical thinking and information literacy through U.S. history.

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✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to new books in the Roscoe & Ivy series: Always Pasta and The Waiting Room! These adorable board books focus on the daily life of a neurodivergent family – exploring new foods, finding way to make waiting fun, and more! Available now 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/the-waiting-...

Happy #BookBirthday @barefootbooks.bsky.social THE WAITING ROOM and simultaneously published in #bilngual format as La spa de aspera/The Waiting Room a “first purchase” says @slj.com www.slj.com/review/the-w...

And to go with this @barefootbooks.bsky.social also publishes today a #paperback edition of RISE UP!

there's more on the #bilingual front in #kidsbooks today too! Happy #BookBirthday to 2 editions of ALWAYS PASTA and SIEMPRE PASTA/Always Pasta from @barefootbooks.bsky.social

✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to America's Founding Myths... And What REALLY Happened! Perfect for history lovers and myth busters, 'America's Founding Myths' arrives in time for the U.S. Semiquincentennial. Purchase 'America's Founding Myths' NOW on our website 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/americas-fou...

Happy #BookBirthday to AMERICA’S FOUNDING MYTHS from @barefootbooks.bsky.social @fuse8.bsky.social notes how it “takes our best known stories and then plugs in some facts…encourages media literacy by empowering young people to ask questions & check sources” afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/08/p...

We are just so excited about our new book, 'America’s Founding Myths…And What REALLY Happened!', that we’ve released it 4 days early on our website! To celebrate, we're also offering 20% off SITEWIDE with the code MYTHSBDAY. Shop now 👉 www.barefootbooks.com

Students at Honiton Primary School in Devon, UK, shared their own “thief tales” inspired by our picture book, The Tear Thief – from “The Jealousy Thief” to “The Happiness Thief.” We absolutely loved seeing these creative stories 💙

We’re thrilled to share that Rise Up! has been named a 2026 Massachusetts Great Reads title and will be celebrated at the National Book Festival! 🎉 Thank you to Mass Center for the Book for this honor! Written by Mass author Rachel Katz, Rise Up! traces 25 moments of protest in American history.

📢 Calling all Boston area folks! Enjoy crafts, shopping, and story times at Barefoot Books this Saturday. Plus, don't miss the FREE concert for kids with Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Joanie Leeds! 🎵🎉 Register here 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/barefoot-b...

Go behind the scenes of the making of America’s Founding Myths with illustrator Marta Sevilla! 🎨⭐ Check out the full interview here 👉 www.instagram.com/p/DYFUiV2xTnN/ America's Founding Myths is releasing May 26 🇺🇸

Congratulations to @barefootbooks.bsky.social Thank You, Old Oak by Britt Crow-Miller. Amy Schimler-Safford, illustrator is on the #LongList for the #MABookAwards in the #picturebook category www.massbook.org/mass-book-aw...

Beautiful picture book post today in the form of Kindness Glows in the Dark by Gama Valle, illustrated by Mrinali Àlvarez Astacio. Out 02/06 for 6+ readers, huge thanks go to @barefootbooks.bsky.social @antswilkinson.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Designers take note! We've extended the application deadline for our Summer 2026 Design Internship. See details on our website – don't miss out on this opportunity to gain hands-on experience in children's publishing! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/about-us/car...

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