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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I am a Professional Book Pusher. Reading is a passion, as is writing, bragging about nephews, and alligator wrestling. My first year participating was 2018. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: BlackRaven's Quick Questions interview.)

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Off on a Pignic

April 19, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What a day for a picnic! Blue skies and shady trees to climb and a kite to fly up high. Not to mention lots of siblings and parents to play with. And of course, very yummy food. It is the perfect day for climbing those trees and flying that kite (even if they do have to find one unique way to get some wind). And even a little rain does not dampen the Pig Family Picnic! The adults will enjoy the plot twists and the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: humor, Matt Phelan, pigs

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:88 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: humor, Matt Phelan, pigs ·
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Albert’s Tree

April 19, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is SPRING! And Albert cannot wait to find his favorite tree and enjoy the always so quiet and peaceful branches. As well as taking another nap in those same said branches.  However, while trying to relax, all of a sudden, the tree starts crying. It has never done that before. What could be casing it? Albert sees that nothing has changed (it even tastes the same when he’s upside down). When Albert and some of his forest friends try different tricks that work for […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Jenni Desmond

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:87 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Jenni Desmond ·
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Alma

April 19, 2018 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

Names are a funny thing. Growing up how many of us hated our names? I wanted to be something exotic (why I choose the nickname Raven. They are smart, clever, mischievous and even magical. Yes, a little dark, too…)  Long story short, as a child my name and I had a love/hate relationship (I loved to hate it….)  However, once I got older I learned the story of my name. I am named after a great-aunt and a grandmother. I would have been named Dominique […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: family, history, Juana Martinez-Neal, names

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:86 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: family, history, Juana Martinez-Neal, names ·
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The Things That I LOVE about TREES

April 18, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The things that I love about trees include such things as they give you shade; they can give you fruit like apples and oranges and peaches. They give you the sap that makes real maple syrup! They can be a great place to put a swing. They are homes to critters, birds and insects.  They are a very unique kind of plant. And in The Things That I Love about Trees by Chris Butterworth (illustrated by Charlotte Voake) shows you these things and more. It […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Charlotte Voake, Chris Butterworth

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:85 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Charlotte Voake, Chris Butterworth ·
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Up in the Leaves

April 18, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Bob lives in the big city but he was not happy. It is too crowed. It is too loud. There are not a lot of trees. However, Bob finds a refuge from New York City in Central Park. Where there are actual trees he can climb and hide in. It is here he builds a series of treehouses that vary in ability as he grows from a child to about twenty-one years old. However, each one of the houses is found and removed. Until the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Jamey Christoph, Shira Boss

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:84 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Jamey Christoph, Shira Boss ·
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They Say Blue

April 18, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

They Say Blue is a poetic story about color but not in the usual way one thinks of a poem or thinks of color.  Blue is for sky. Sometimes. But it is also for the ocean. Sometimes. After all, as the little girl tells us when she holds it in her hands, it is clear and she call throw it up to make diamonds. Also, the little girl wonders about things. Such as, is a blue whale actually blue? After all, she has never seen […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Jillian Tamaki

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:83 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Jillian Tamaki ·
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    Great review and I will definitely not be adding this to my to-read pile!
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    Update: read the whole thing in one sitting, it was excellent. Thank you!
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    I tried to read this book and I just didnt like it at all. I mean, okay, I DID like...
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