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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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They are Irumaiyimai இருமை (Irumai)

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

December 24, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: I hope I got the title correct, if not blame Google! The book Bad Queer will make you think. Author, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, makes a lot of things happen all at once. On one level things are familiar as this is nothing more than a coming of age story. This is a story where we all can relate to such issues as situations with family, friendships and possible lovers.  But there is more to things on top of that. It is also a queer person’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Poetry, Romance Tagged With: art, coming-of-age, diversity, family, friendship, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, genderqueer, LGBTQ, nonbinary, Nonbinary & Genderqueer, parents, Social Themes, theater

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:562 · Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Romance · Tags: art, coming-of-age, diversity, family, friendship, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, genderqueer, LGBTQ, nonbinary, Nonbinary & Genderqueer, parents, Social Themes, theater ·
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Home missing you too

Homesick by Audrey Vernick and Liza Garton

December 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Have you ever been homesick for your home, family, a friend or place? Mostly likely you answered yes. However, have you ever thought that maybe your home is homesick for you when you go away? In Audrey Vernick and Liza Garton’s picture book (due August 2026) Homesick, that is what happens. The child of the story goes off to their grandparents home. The house became sad, missing its child and the story goes through the emotions. We even see how the parents mention how things […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Audrey Vernick, Audrey Vernick and Liza Garton, Daniel Miyares, emotions, Feelings, Liza Garton, new experinces, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:560 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Audrey Vernick, Audrey Vernick and Liza Garton, Daniel Miyares, emotions, Feelings, Liza Garton, new experinces, Social Themes ·
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The book that was read to me

The Christmas Snow Globe by Sibylle Delacroix

December 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had the opportunity to have The Christmas Snow Globe by Sibylle Delacroix “read” to me via a YouTube video. However, I have read it before (both  times I am assuming via an online reader). Both times I felt the story was sweet, funny and cute. However, the adult me isn’t a fan of sledding down the stairs! The kid me wonders where can I find a sled?  It is hard to talk about it, unless I tell you the story. Two children are waiting […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: bedtime, christmas, Dreams, family, Holiday, imagination and play, siblings, Sibylle Delacroix

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:559 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: bedtime, christmas, Dreams, family, Holiday, imagination and play, siblings, Sibylle Delacroix ·
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After you moo, baa and lalala

A Dance with Santa Claus by Sandra Boyton

Smooches! by Sandra Boyton

Iguana Miss You! by Sandra Boyton

When Pigs Fly!: A Song for Dreamers by Sandra Boyton

December 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When my nephews were little I used to read Moo, Baa, Lalala by Sandra Boyton to them. I would read it so many times that I almost could read it without having to actually look at the book itself. Now, I need to make sure my great-niece has it so I can continue the tradition of reading to her (and having way too much fun making voices and sounds with her). And I will also be able to add a few new ones (or at […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, celbrations, christmas, Concepts, dancing, Holiday, music, Sandra Boyton, Santa, smooches

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:553 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, celbrations, christmas, Concepts, dancing, Holiday, music, Sandra Boyton, Santa, smooches ·
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Losing Tom Hart’s heart

Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir by Tom Hart

December 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir by Tom Hart is an interesting look at grief. The author’s self-centered approach (meaning he is the center of the grief, how things around him come into his circle of emotions and trying to live) is both relatable and unique to his own experiences. Anyone who has lost a child (regardless of the age) can find parts of themselves. Seeing how weeks to a few months after the death of his almost two-year-old daughter came to shape him is touching […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: Cartoonists, Children, Death, family, fathers, grief, Tom Hart

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:549 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: Cartoonists, Children, Death, family, fathers, grief, Tom Hart ·
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The new familar

The Princess and the Grain of Rice by Tina Cho

December 10, 2025 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

When I first started working at the bookstore, I decided I was going to collect Cinderella stories from around the world. I found so many I had to stop. There were just too many. Then I decided that I would read as many fairy tales as I could and only collect the ones that really hit the spot.  And what book hits a spot better than a Princess and the Pea story? Or more accurately  The Princess and the Grain of Rice. However, this time […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry, Romance Tagged With: Asia, Asian, Country & Cultural, fairytales, folktales, korea, Korean, Princess and the Pea, princesses, queens, Social Themes, Tina Cho, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:548 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry, Romance · Tags: Asia, Asian, Country & Cultural, fairytales, folktales, korea, Korean, Princess and the Pea, princesses, queens, Social Themes, Tina Cho, Values & Virtues ·
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