We All Go Traveling By - Barefoot Books

How is the Barefoot Books World Atlas and app for iPad different?THE FIRST OF ITS KINDNever before has the scope of an illustrated children’s atlas been extended in3D as a multi-faceted interactive app for iPad, to create a vivid window throughwhich to explore and appreciate the rich variety of cultures, ways of life, creaturesand geographical features of the world. The app for iPad also features twentystep-by-step challenges for young geographers, developed in partnership withthe education team at the Royal Geographic Society.A REAL AUTHORNick Crane is a highly regarded broadcaster in the UK and the author of manybooks, among them the biography of Mercator. His other books and videos allpertain to geography and the world.ENVIRONMENTALLY MINDED INSIDE AND OUTThe Barefoot Books World Atlas is printed on FSC paper and with text thatintroduces children to the ways the environment is changing and how peoplearound the world are meeting this challenge.PR Plan for the Barefoot Books World Atlas and app for iPadStarting this Spring 2011, Barefoot Books in partnership with Touch Presswill launch a major public relations strategy around the Barefoot Books WorldAtlas and app for iPad, including press coverage on television, radio, print, weband social media.ABOUT THE AUTHORNick Crane is a cartographer,explorer, writer and well-lovedtelevision presenter in the UK. Asa child, Nick explored the Norfolkcountryside armed with a bicycleand a map; ever since, he has beenjourneying the world. In 1992–3,he walked 10,000 kilometersacross Europe, from the AtlanticOcean to the Black Sea. He liveswith his family in London, England.ABOUT THE ARTISTDavid Dean is a full-timeillustrator who travels the worldfrom the comfort of his ownstudio. He paints in a roomsurrounded by books from manydifferent cultures, which inspirehis exotic and colorful work. Inhis spare time, David enjoyswalking and taking photographsof the countryside near his housein Cheshire, England.ABOUT TOUCH PRESSTouch Press (www.touchpress.com)is a new digital publishing venturewhose UK and US founders,Theodore Gray and StephanWolfram, have a distinguished20-year track record of interactivesoftware development. Thiscutting edge company is unitingtheir team of talent with acommon vision: to produce andpublish beautiful living books thatsparkle on the new digital stage.ABOUT BAREFOOT BOOKSBarefoot Books is an independentchildren’s books publisher thatspecializes in carefully craftedbooks, gifts and digital contentthat help children on theirjourney to becoming happy,engaged members of the globalcommunity. Since 1992, BarefootBooks has published more than500 titles that use timeless storiesand captivating illustrations totap into the wisdom of manycultures, while never forgettingthat childhood is a time for fun.Maureen Karb | Sales Manager, Book & Gift | maureen.karb@barefootbooks.com | www.barefootbooks.com