Biography to come, in the meantime, please enjoy one of my book reviews:
Smiles And Giggles
In the early 1980’s a gem of a book hit the shelves that became a NY Times bestseller, and a frequent source of bedtime reading material for parents, me included, to reach for and rely on to entertain and instill happy thoughts in the minds of their children before drifting off into dreamland. Now, 40 years after Shel Silverstein’s “Light in the Attic” was published, a new collection of short poems by an up and coming author is gaining in popularity at a time where many of us, young and old alike, are craving for some relief from the impacts of the pandemic and other stressful developments throughout the world. Susan Turfle’s “Keep Feeding Your Spark” ...more

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Susan A. Turfle Keep Feeding Your Spark is the first book written by Susan A. Turfle. It would be helpful to read about her and her mission, below, in order to unders…moreKeep Feeding Your Spark is the first book written by Susan A. Turfle. It would be helpful to read about her and her mission, below, in order to understand where she came up with the idea for her book:
Susan A. Turfle lives in Westminster, Maryland. She has always been an inquisitive and creative soul. Throughout her childhood, she could be found drawing or making things out of what she could scrounge from around her home and outdoors. Taking apart her jewelry box to get to the wind-up movement mechanism to see how it worked and use it for more creative applications was simply what she considered to be normal behavior. Drawing, painting, sewing, cross stitching, working in porcelain clay, writing, metalsmithing, and acid staining concrete are some of the pieces that contribute to making up her self-taught creative toolset.

She began writing poetry in 2008 and felt a very strong pull to write again in 2020. Once she chose to share her writings, she felt compelled to share her artwork as well. She calls her original artwork “doodlestrations”, which results from a cross between illustrations and doodles.

Her poems and doodlestrations are for ages 2 to 102! Though one of her goals in publishing is to cultivate an early childhood interest in learning. Susan weaves into her collection uncommon facts about our environment and the flora and fauna found within to encourage the development of curiosity. To keep things light, she sprinkles humorous and lighthearted poems throughout her reflective work.

Susan has the firm belief that children learn by example and that you should continue to exhibit curiosity in the world around you so young minds may observe and follow suit. Reading, researching and asking questions are all important behaviors of curious and critical thinkers. She hopes by publishing her collections that teachers, parents, relatives, caregivers and friends will look at them as tools to help expand inquisitiveness of young and old minds, while of course, experiencing some laughs along the way.

When Susan went through the process of deciding upon her publishing name, she focused on what she singularly wanted to accomplish. For her, the most important goal is to make a positive impact – no matter how small or how large and no matter the age. Susan has always been able to picture things in her mind’s eye, and when noodling through her goal, she saw ripples. A simple single action that has an effect on someone or something which in turn has an effect on someone or something else and so on. It was through that thought process and visual thinking that Making Ripples Publishing was born.
Keep Feeding Your Spark contains the first collection of children's poems that she has published, she is working on her second.(less)

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