Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to our winners! Due to a glitch there are six winners instead of five! Remember, if you didn't win, you can get our guides for a special price this week. Check out our Summer Promotion below for details. The readers listed below have each won a copy of our History of Science Study Guide. 

If you won you should have received an email by now with instructions on how to claim your prize. If you haven't, give us a call at 800.889.1978 and we'll send you your prize right away!


If you did not win, you can take advantage of our Summer Promotion! This week only we're offering 15% off all BFB products: study guides, timelines, maps, books! If we publish it, you can get 15% off.  Exceptions: packs and collections.

For one week only, you can get 15% off all BFB products! So if you've been wanting to check out a study guide or two, stock up on some titles for summer reading, or get some timelines, this is your chance! Simply enter BFB15 in the promotion code box when you place your order. This is valid on all items published by Beautiful Feet Books including study guides, timelines, books, and maps! 

ALL ORDERS OVER $200 SHIP FOR FREE!

We value YOU! And here's our Summer Promotion!!!

Here at Beautiful Feet Books we have been in your shoes. We know how important each dollar is and what it's like to homeschool on a single income. We also know that your time as homeschooling parents is limited and valuable. It is with these experiences in mind that we seek to make your curriculum buying process as easy, efficient, and cost effective as possible. Whether it's keeping the prices of our study guides low or assembling book packs to make shopping as quick and easy as possible, we think about you, our customers, every step of the way. And we guarantee that we can beat any price out there. For example, if you've thought of purchasing your Beautiful Feet Books curriculum through Amazon, here's some price comparisons.

Early American History Primary Jumbo Pack

BFB's Price: $209.95  Amazon's Price: $236.20

BFB SAVINGS: $26.25, save over 11%

This reflects purchasing all the available books at Amazon and purchasing the missing items from another source.

History of Classical Music Jumbo Pack

BFB's price: $163.95  Amazon's Price: $194.12

 BFB SAVINGS: $30.17, save over 15%

This reflects purchasing all the available books at Amazon and purchasing the missing items from another source.

When you order directly from Beautiful Feet Books you benefit in many ways. First, because we value your time we have put together our book packs with all the correct editions of the titles needed for each study. If an edition goes out of print, we include amended notes to make the change easy for you! When you order elsewhere there is no guarantee that you will receive the correct editions.
Secondly, our packs are complete! You do not need to place another order for additional supplies. We're a one-stop-shop! Your pack will contain all the required materials. Order from Amazon and you will have to place another order with another company because they do not carry all the items required for our studies. And lastly, you will save money. We have priced our packs to beat Amazon every time. Yes, sometimes it's only by a few dollars, but we want you to know that we value you and your business and are committed to helping you in your homeschool journey. And we also offer an incredible $10.00 best-price guarantee. If you find a Jumbo Pack listed for less, just let us know and we will happily match the price AND give you a $10.00 credit on your order! And to save you even more time, we've done the math and here are the Amazon price comparisons on our packs!

Early American Intermediate Jumbo Pack

Our Price: $200.00  Amazon's Price: $208.64

BFB SAVINGS: $8.64, save over 4%

Ancient History for Sr. High Pack

Our Price: $204.95  Amazon's Price: $229.18

BFB SAVINGS: $24.33, save over 10%

Ancient History for Intermediate Pack

Our Price: $183.95  Amazon's Price: $190.41

BFB SAVINGS: $6.46, save over 3%

Early American and World History for Jr. High Pack

Our Price: $127.95  Amazon's Price: $145.23

BFB Savings: $17.28, save over 11%

Medieval History Through Literature for Intermediate and Jr. High Pack

Our Price: $209.95  Amazon's Price: $228.38

BFB Savings: $18.43, save over 8%

Medieval History Through Literature for Sr. High Pack

Our Price: $168.00   Amazon's Price: $170.89

BFB Savings: $2.89, save over 1%

Teaching Character Through Literature for Primary Grades Pack

Our Price: $99.95  Amazon's Price: $108.17

BFB Savings: $8.22, save over 7%

Teaching Character Through Literature for Intermediate Grades

Our Price: $102.95  Amazon's Price: $107.07

BFB Savings: $4.12, save over 3%

Geography Through Literature Pack

Our Price: $63.95  Amazon's Price: $67.49

BFB Savings: $3.54, plus the ability to purchase additional map packs at an additional discount!

California History Through Literature Pack

Our Price: $124.95  Amazon's Price: $132.95

BFB SAVINGS: $8.00, save over 6%

The History of the Horse Pack

Our Price: $112.95  Amazon's Price: $114.74

BFB SAVINGS: $1.74, save over 1%

Our US and World History Parts I & II and Parts III & IV packs and History of Science Pack are all the same or slightly less than Amazon. 

If you are thinking about purchasing one of our Exclusive Author Collections from the D'aulaires, Albert Marrin, James Daugherty, Genevieve Foster, or Brinton Turkle, the savings are exceptional!

The D'aulaire Biography Pack

Our price: $84.95  Amazon's Price: $107.95

BFB SAVINGS: $23.00, save over 21%

The Genevieve Foster Collection

Our Price: $85.95  Amazon's Price: $111.24

BFB SAVINGS: $25.95, save over 22%

The Albert Marrin Collection

Our Price: $71.95  Amazon's Price: $77.78

BFB SAVINGS: $5.83, save over 7%

The James Daugherty Collection

Our Price: $49.95  Amazon's Price: $58.59

BFB SAVINGS: $8.64, save over 14%!

The Obadiah Trio

Our Price: $18.95  Amazon's Price: $20.61

BFB SAVINGS: $1.66, save over 8%

 And now, just for you we are offering an additional savings!

For one week only, you can get 15% off all BFB products! So if you've been wanting to check out a study guide or two, stock up on some titles for summer reading, or get some timelines, this is your chance! Simply enter BFB15 in the promotion code box when you place your order. This is valid on all items published by Beautiful Feet Books including study guides, timelines, books, and maps! 

ALL ORDERS OVER $200 SHIP FOR FREE!

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Giveaway! 5 Winners!

Today we're doing a little giveaway to celebrate the fact that our Summer Promotion is going to be announced on Monday!! Woot!

Today we're giving away our five copies of our History of Science Study Guide, one each to five lucky winners! To enter, simply use the rafflecopter widget below! There are all sorts of ways to earn entries so share away! Giveaway ends on Monday, so be sure to get your entries in over the weekend!

Our History of Science program is one of Cathy Duffy's Top Picks for Home School and is a great way to introduce scientific principles to your students. It's also a fun summer school program as it includes lots of hands-on experiments and activities.

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Summer Reading for Moms!

As summer settles in and swim lessons, soccer camp, and VBS are starting to gear up, I thought it may be fun to share some of my favorite adult reads. After a school year of reading children's literature and feeding our children's academic appetites, it's time to read some books that feed our own souls. To that end, here are a few books I  keep extra copies of so that I always have one to share with a friend.

I've lately been reading a couple of books that I've found wonderfully encouraging in that they celebrate bookish childhoods. Booked by Karen Swallow Prior and When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson will speak to any parent who has worked to create an atmosphere of literary inquiry in their homes. Both Robinson and Prior were voracious readers as young girls and these books speak to the role that literature played in their personal development.

Booked, subtitled Literature in the soul of me, records Prior's precocious appetite for books, often with mature and difficult subjects. Growing up in Maine, Prior's childhood was one filled with farm animals, strange characters and neighbors, and frequent trips to the library. Her book, an ode to reading for pleasure, tells how literature led her to question her childhood faith and then, eventually, to come to the understanding that "there was no essential conflict between the tenets of my faith and freedom of the mind." Each of the eleven chapters gives tribute to a specific work of literature and its role in her developing understanding of faith. Whether she's speaking of the affirmation of life in Charlotte's Web or sexual ethics in relationship to Gulliver's Travels, Prior makes powerful statements on life, faith, secular culture and, of course, literature. Her essay on censorship in relationship to John Milton's provocative Areopagitica gives one much to mull over in terms of whether or not one should limit a child's exposure to certain books. Often poignant, sometimes gritty, I have enjoyed the time I spent with this book and know I will be returning to it often. Eric Metaxas, author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, summarizes it well: "Ever wish you'd had a teacher who made you want to read the classics? Your wish has come true in this beautifully-told book. Karen Swallow Prior movingly and honestly tells a compelling story of self-discovery and coming to faith through some of the greatest books ever written."

Marilynne Robinson's When I Was a Child I Read Books is a thought-provoking collection of beautifully written essays that force the reader to slow down and contemplate each superbly crafted sentence. As one of the foremost thinkers of our time, Robinson has an uncanny ability to distill academic and cerebral thoughts into beautiful and approachable prose. If you are feeling that you need a little mind workout, this will provide you with the stimulation you're craving. Whether she's meditating on the central role of generosity in the Christian faith, or addressing the global debt crisis, Robinson pulls on the literature that has formed her soul. If you've read and enjoyed her fiction (Housekeeping, Gilead, and Home), you will undoubtedly be touched and moved by this collection of essays. And if you have not read any of Robinson's fiction, I cannot recommend it highly enough. These are books that deserve your time and attention.

Ever felt like you missed out on reading the classics when you were younger and now feel overwhelmed by the idea of tackling a "Great Books" reading list? Invitation to the Classics is one of the best resources available for anyone who is considering picking up War and Peace, The Odyssey, The Scarlet Letter or any of the books that have formed western culture. Louise Cowan, literary critic and professor, worked with Os Guinness to produce "a guide to books you've always wanted to read" and accomplished this goal beautifully. Featuring authors from Homer to Nietzsche, Chaucer to Calvin, Aristotle to Kierkegaard, this book will provide the background notes that make classic works much more accessible. This is a wonderful resource that should be in the library of every homeschooling family.

I hope you enjoy these books. If you have any favorite summer reads, fiction or non-fiction, please share below in the comments.

If you want to order any of these books from BFB, feel free to give us a call at 800.889.1978 and we'd be happy to help you.

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Online courses through BFB

Here at BFB we are considering the option of offering online courses! Is this something you would be interested in? We are excited about this possibility and are in the exploratory phase. In order to help us develop courses that you would love to enroll your student in, would you take a few minutes to fill out our short survey? It's only 8 questions and will take less than five minutes. We greatly appreciate your input as we explore this opportunity. Here's the link to the survey: