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BlackRaven

Reading, writing and alligator wrestling are passions of mine. 2018 was my first year participating and looking forward to 2019. Can't wait to see what new finds I will be finding! (Always a fun & crazy kid!)

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Swim little duck….!

Swim Swim Sink by Jenn Harney

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Mid-January 2020 will see this funny rhyming in places book about a little duck that needs a little luck while they learn that some ducks need help to swim. Swim Swim Sink might be a simple story of a duck learning to swim (and some very interesting adventures when all it does is sink) but there is something more it.     Maybe it is Jenn Harney’s simple illustrations that are perfectly created in a carefree, bright manner. Maybe the fact that (as said) very interesting adventures happen. And these are adventures that you do not usually see in books […]

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9/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:384 |

Pride and Vanity

The Fate of Fausto: A Painted Fable by Oliver Jeffers

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After finishing the picture book, The Fate of Fausto: A Painted Fable by Oliver Jeffers, my thought was that this is not really for the picture book crowd. It is a very deep, impassioned story about a man who had everything but wanted more. He wants to own everything. And when he finds something that he could not have (a tree, mountain, the ocean), he would force that something to become owned by him. When he tries it with the ocean, you can imagine the disastrous results. However, I think if you explain the story to the older child, they will appreciate […]

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9/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:383 |

Autumn: My favorite season

Oak Leaf by John Sandford

Lawrence in the Fall by Matthew Farina

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This is going to be a two-book review. They have nothing in common other than they both deal with autumn and they are experiencing books. That means, you do not just read this book, you feel the book. Maybe that is just me. I fall into a book and walk along with the characters. Maybe I am the only one who tastes a story when I am reading, or that all my senses come into play. No, I do not eat a book (though we are told to devour a good one) I just feel the story on some other […]

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9/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:382 |

Let’s hang around together and read some bat-tastic books!

Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors by Tomi Ungerer

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One morning, before the store was open, I found myself going to our children’s department. Coming out of the elevator, our sale book display assaulted my eyes with colors and their flashy hollering of “Read me!”  But the one that won my reading time was a black covered book about a bat called Rufus. The signature style of writing and illustrations of Tomi Ungerer tell you what you need to know about this book. But I know you might need/want more. As the title says, Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors, is a bat who loves color. He learned this […]

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9/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:380 |

No need to fret Ruby

Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival

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Mornings are when I do some of my best reading as I have a task that allows me to wander the story without customers being around. And the other morning a display at the bottom of the steps had a few books where authors were coming, seasonal books and this brightly colored green and yellow book called Ruby Finds a Worry caught my eye. Picking it up I found Tom Percival created a book where I like the illustrations and the concept is nice. The story has fun diversity and a coziness to it. And it could be left at […]

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9/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:379 |

Not only it a sin to kill a Mockingbird, it would be a sin to miss this!

To Kill a Mockingbird: Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

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#crb11bing #BackToSchool Unpopular opinion here: I have never really been a fan of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I appreciated it, but feel we are made to read “the classics” too soon. But then again, even high school could be too soon for the reader who is a reader, but not necessarily a sophisticated reader. We know the story of To Kill a Mockingbird; therefore, I will not go into the plot. I will say that it was like reading it for the first time. I had forgotten so much that I am not sure how “pure” this […]

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9/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:378 |

Walking 54 miles for freedom

March: Book Three by John Lewis

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March: Book Three is a slower read then John Lewis and Andrew Aydin’s other two graphic novels because the history told is extremely detailed. While it is all important, some things could have been edited down a smidgen. This history is not easy to deal with to begin with, therefore, the younger (even some teen readers) might get lost in what should have been probably a novel and not a graphic novel. But it is a great look at the other side of the text books as well. Such as some less than flattering things were said about Dr. King […]

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9/18/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:377 |

Feelings, nothing more than feelings (or Angry Eyes)

Little Unicorn Is Angry by Aurelie Chien Cheow Chine

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As with all series, I wish Little Unicorn Is Angry was in a collection with the other emotions/feelings Little Unicorn will deal with. I think a nice boxed set with the individual books would work best. Currently Aurelie Chien Cheow Chine has Little Unicorn Is Scared as well as Angry out and in January 2020 Little Unicorn Is Sad and Little Unicorn Is Shy will be published. While perhaps it could be a bit “sweet” for some, this story about feelings (and anger in particular) is actually well done. The breathing exercises at the end are a good way to […]

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9/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:376 |


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