Pirates on the Shelf
the beautiful gift of reading to your kids.
Recent Posts
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Robert Frost’s “Lovely, Blameless Chooser”
The hurts and heartaches that lie deep within.
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Robert Frost’s “Backward Step”
With the world torn loose and rushing past, a backward step is wise.
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Three Robert Frost ‘Puzzles’
Three poems of Robert Frost that have baffled readers for decades
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Emily Dickinson’s ‘Brittle Pier’
Some of her most moving poems record a spiritual quest: “Narcotics cannot still the Tooth that nibbles at the Soul.”
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Victor Hugo’s ‘Eye’ in the Dirt
Such a marvelous touch! With it our man is face-to-face with his sin nature.
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What “Heart of Darkness”?
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness may just be the perfect novel.
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The Real Mulan
Before you watch the Disney movie, shouldn’t you read the original story?
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A Fatal “Expertise”
“Sometimes experts aren’t what they’re hyped up to be.”
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The Footprint
One of the greatest narrative finesses in literature…is a footprint of all things!
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We Need A Monster-Slayer
If Beowulf doesn’t strike a chord in you, you might need some kind of transplant.
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Old Volumes
Of all the books that fill all the shelves, only one has to be hardbound…
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The Waldensians and Their Scandalous Book
A look at a rare–very rare!–old book from the Waldensians
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The Villains in Penelope’s Yard
Why we love that cast or losers, lechers and freeloads…
Featured Categories
Books and Literature ›
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Pirates on the Shelf
September 7, 2021
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The Villains in Penelope’s Yard
August 25, 2021
Literary Treasures ›
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Victor Hugo’s ‘Eye’ in the Dirt
July 16, 2020
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The Real Mulan
May 20, 2020
poetry ›
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Robert Frost’s “Lovely, Blameless Chooser”
January 26, 2021
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Robert Frost’s “Backward Step”
December 1, 2020
The Morning Frigate 