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A little girl and a big idea

Jhupli’s Honey Bee Box by Achintyarup Ray

April 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport country (India) With a title like Jhupli’s Honey Bee Box I assumed there would be bees and a honey box. I did not expect tigers. And no, it is not a story where the tigers like honey, but one where they like the people who go into the jungle to harvest the honey. In fact, they like … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:207 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: Achintyarup Ray, Asia, CBR15Passport, Diversity & Multicultural, family, parents, Shivam Choudhary, Social Theme, Sundarbans region ·
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The girl who won’t quit

Asadora! V06 by Naoki Urasawa

April 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport country (Japan)   Manga and I have an interesting relationship. I appreciate it, and it does its own thing. But occasionally that thing has me going along for the ride.  And the series by Naoki Urasawa, Asadora! has me riding (so far) all six volumes. (This volume is … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:206 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: 1964 Olympics, CBR15Passport, John Werry, Naoki Urasawa ·
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Both influential and overlooked

Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis by Tom Humberstone

April 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport Own While I was on a short vacation, I finished a fictional novel of a little-known black dancer of the 1840s, William Henry Lane, or Master Juba. And I guess I was in the mood for stories of real, but not necessarily extremely famous people, because then I started Suzanne: The Jazz … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:205 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: CBR15Passport, flappers, France, Suzanne Lenglen, tennis, Tom Humberstone, World War I ·
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The man who invited a dance style

Juba: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers

April 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport I own Based on true events of a little-known dancer of the pre-Civil War era, Juba: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers is a story of race and fame. This is the story of the man who invented modern tap dance. There is a mixture of humor and seriousness to the text as well as the overall … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:204 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: African American & Black, CBR15Passport, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Dance, England, Five Points New York, Master Juba, Performing Arts, pre-Civil War, Social Theme, walter dean myers, William Henry "Juba" Lane, William Henry Lane ·
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“They say I’m an artist. They say I’m an activist.”

The Artivist by Nikkolas Smith

April 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Some books are subtle, and some are not. The Artivist is not subtle. This is actually one of the pluses of the book, but also a minus. If you like picture books that are “Hey, you! Wake up and pay attention! Stuff is happening! And you can help make it better!” then this is the book you want. If you … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:203 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: Activism & Social Justice, art, Nikkolas Smith, Social Themes ·
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Feelings? Yes, we have those

The Noise Inside Boys: A Story about Big Feelings by Pete Oswald

April 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The story within the pages (I am assuming pages, as I read this via an online reader copy) of The Noise Inside Boys: A Story about Big Feelings has been done before. Pete Oswald talks about how we have big feelings and those are legitimate feelings. We follow the youngest of three brothers through … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:202 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: emotions, family, Pete Oswald, siblings, Social Themes ·
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