Dr. Anthony Todd Carlisle on Family Legacy

Hidden Shelf Feb 18, 2021 11 min read Dr. Anthony Todd Carlisle on Family Legacy Family When I think of family, I think of fragmentation.  I was nurtured in the Pennsylvania mill town of Ambridge, raised by my maternal grandparents, Perry and Ellen Carlisle. My...

Non-Fiction November

Hidden Shelf Nov 23, 2020 24 min read As the spring blossomed into summer and assumptions of a temporary quarantine faded into a more dismal reality, I stacked my new books back on the shelf in favor of some old favorites. I needed the familiar cadence of pages I had...

Summer Reading List For Kids

Hidden Shelf June 3, 2020 Summer 2020 Reading List: Children’s Books 15 min read Summer 2020 Reading List: Children’s Books From picture books to middle-grade chapter books, roughly ages 2-8   We’ve been reading a lot of the same books over and over these last...

Pandemic Comfort Reading: Our Top Picks

Hidden Shelf May 8, 2020 15 min read Before we began our social isolation I had checked out several books from the library. Every spring I try to focus on reading Irish authors and books that are based in Ireland as part of my tribute to St. Patrick. This year I was...

Free Printable Worksheets for Kindergarten!

Hidden Shelf Apr 28, 2020 6 min read Free Printable Worksheets for Kindergarten! We recently released Jiemba & Friends and we are celebrating by giving away FREE printables to go with the book! The worksheets are perfect for preschool and kindergarten kids, plus a...

Black History Month: Childrens Books

Hidden Shelf February 11, 2020 Black History Month: Childrens Books 17 min read Black History Month Book List   Featuring children’s books by black authors.   In our house, we try to make sure that the books we are reading to our kids, and the books they are...