Joyful Noise Community -- Shopping

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We aim to consume less but we still need to shop sometimes.   The links here are solely merchandise (though many of the websites in the other areas of our Community section also have wares to sell,) and these vendors meet my stringent standards.   If you know of any others, please tell me so I can add them to our list.  It should go without saying that these are not paid ads.

• Bower Books publishes the I'm a Michigan Kid books that I love, along with several other beautiful books that I've happily purchased.   It's important for children to have beautiful artwork to look at and these books fill that need as well as providing content that feeds their soul.

• Hazelnut Kids is a great resource for toys and other kid-related stuff.   I've purchased several items from them and found their products of the best quality as well as their service!

• Naturally You Can Sing is the best place in the world to find music for your child.   It is the life work of Mary Thienes Schunemann, an amazing beautiful soul who started it in 1999 as a company to bring singing and live music back into peoples lives.   She left us in August of 2007, but her work lives on for the time being.   These are the only CDs I would ever recommend that you buy for children so run, don't walk to check out this beautiful site and choose some music for your life.

• Syracuse Cultural Workers is an educational and cultural organization founded in 1982.  Their mission is to help sustain a culture that honors diversity and celebrates community; that inspires and nurtures justice, equality and freedom; that respects our fragile Earth and all its beings; that encourages and supports all forms of creative expression.  They have some of the most beautiful paper products, and much more.