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History Little H But With a Big Punch

Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between by Lesa Cline-Ransome and Ashley Yazdani

September 3, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When people think of history, they think of something with a big H. They think of Big Things. Important and Earth Shattering things. Things like the Statue of Liberty, a volcano, the World Trade Center, a royal death or birth, the Declaration of Independence. But much of history is done on a smaller scale. It might have a larger reach, but in the end it was something as simple as cutting ice from a pond. But not just any pond, mind you, but Walden Pond. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: 19th century, Ashley Yazdani, Frederic Tudor, Henry David Thoreau, history of science, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Lesa Cline-Ransome and Ashley Yazdani, literary, nature, science

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:272 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: 19th century, Ashley Yazdani, Frederic Tudor, Henry David Thoreau, history of science, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Lesa Cline-Ransome and Ashley Yazdani, literary, nature, science ·
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Bob Ross bio for kids

You Can Move Mountains: The Artful Life of Painter Bob Ross by Richard Ho and Daniel Miyares

September 2, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There is one complaint I have about You Can Move Mountains: The Artful Life of Painter Bob Ross by Richard Ho and illustrated by Daniel Miyares (it came out in August 2026; ut read via an online reader before that date, and took forever to post this review) is that the images of Bob Ross himself do not exactly look like him. You know it is him, but it is just a smidgen off. What is not off is that the illustrations that represent his […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, Bob Ross, Daniel Miyares, Richard Ho, Richard Ho and Daniel Miyares, Television & Radio

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:266 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: art, Bob Ross, Daniel Miyares, Richard Ho, Richard Ho and Daniel Miyares, Television & Radio ·
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Little People, Big Dreams in one spot

Little People, BIG DREAMS: Treasury: 50 Stories of Brilliant Dreamers by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and various illustrators

September 2, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you think that when Mozart was first performing, people realized they were living at the same time as someone who would have a centuries long influence on music? Do you think someone heard Freddie Mercury sing and said, “That boy is going to live forever?” Or did they realize they were walking on the Earth along with Neil Armstrong? It was not until recently that I realized Salvador Dali and I were breathing the same air!  Not to mention, I was living at the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: Albert Einstein, art, Beatrix Potter, bob marley, civil rights, David Hockney, Dolly Parton, fashion, Louis Braille, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and various illustrators, Michael Jordan, music, Nelson Mandela, Rihanna, Rosa Parks, Simone Biles, Stan Lee, Stephen Spielberg, Taylor Swift, various illustrators, Virginia Woolf, Vivienne Westwood, Yayoi Kusama

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:260 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: Albert Einstein, art, Beatrix Potter, bob marley, civil rights, David Hockney, Dolly Parton, fashion, Louis Braille, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and various illustrators, Michael Jordan, music, Nelson Mandela, Rihanna, Rosa Parks, Simone Biles, Stan Lee, Stephen Spielberg, Taylor Swift, various illustrators, Virginia Woolf, Vivienne Westwood, Yayoi Kusama ·
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The boy, the wardrobe, the legacy

The Boy Behind the Wardrobe: How C.S. Lewis Grew Up to Create Narnia by Suzanne Poulter Harris and Mira Miroslavova

September 2, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Boy Behind the Wardrobe: How C.S. Lewis Grew Up to Create Narnia by Suzanne Poulter Harris and illustrated by Mira Miroslavova (due mid-late October 2026; read via an online reader). Most people have read the C.S. Lewis series of Narnia. I am not most people. Granted, a teacher did read one or two to us in about third or fourth grade, but I really do not remember them. I do vaguely remember the movies of a few years back (pre X-Men James McAvoy), but […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: authors, Books, libraries, literary, Mira Miroslavova, Suzanne Poulter Harris, Suzanne Poulter Harris and Mira Miroslavova

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:255 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: authors, Books, libraries, literary, Mira Miroslavova, Suzanne Poulter Harris, Suzanne Poulter Harris and Mira Miroslavova ·
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As I got older and mercifully more aware of what a precious gift a healthy working body is, I felt ashamed and bewildered that I could have treated mine so badly.

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

September 1, 2026 by carmelpie 1 Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Left – Feeling left behind by friends, by partners, and being unable to achieve the next perceived life milestone that everyone seems to be completing. The transitional state of a long journey has always seemed to me the most romantic and magical of places to find yourself in; marooned in a cozy pod of your own thoughts, suspended in midair, traveling through a wad of silent, blank pages between two chapters. ― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love I gave almost all […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, cbr18bingo, did not finish, DNF, Dolly Alderton, England, humor, London, millennial memoir

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:36 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, cbr18bingo, did not finish, DNF, Dolly Alderton, England, humor, London, millennial memoir ·
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Women mind your business.

Courageous Cowgirls: Women Who Rode the Trails, Ran Ranches, and Raced in Rodeos by Sue Young and Katie Howerton

August 31, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Why yes. Yes, women should mind their own business. Especially if you are one of the women in this book that could and would barrel ride, cattle drive, steal back horses and guns, not to mention run chuck wagons and their own cattle businesses. In Courageous Cowgirls: Women Who Rode the Trails, Ran Ranches, and Raced in Rodeos you see women who did this and more (though stealing back your husband’s gun and your cattle a few hundred at time is impressive enough). This book […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Sports Tagged With: feminism, gender, Girls & Women, Katie Howerton, middle grade, Race, Sue Young, Sue Young and Katie Howerton

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:250 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Sports · Tags: feminism, gender, Girls & Women, Katie Howerton, middle grade, Race, Sue Young, Sue Young and Katie Howerton ·
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