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The Dramatic Story of How Cup Noodle Came to Be

Project X Challengers: Cup Noodle by Tadashi Katoh

July 13, 2022 by GentleRain 4 Comments

Sadly this book is out of print and completely unavailable, which is a shame (the one copy I could find for sale is $87, so unless you're so moved by my review that you're willing to pay that, this is out of reach for most people). I luckily got this copy back when it first came out in 2006 and it's … [Read more]

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:74 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: food history, food science, manga, Tadashi Katoh ·
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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

July 13, 2022 by jomidi Leave a Comment

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge is a charming historical fiction. It is the coming of age story of "Woody Nickel", a Dust Bowl orphan from the Texas Panhandle who travels cross country with a pair of giraffes. Rutledge, while researching a book on the San Diego Zoo, learned about two … [Read more]

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, History · Tags: book club, coming-of-age, historical fiction, Lynda Rutledge ·
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Cover of Book, w/Title, young Black female presenting child & stuffed animals, shivering in anxiety

Quick Pandemic Lit Rec for Littles

Maxine's Critters Get the Vaccine Jitters by Jan Zauzmer

July 13, 2022 by NTE Leave a Comment

    Maxine's Critters Get the Vaccine Jitters by Jan Zauzmer is a particularly timely story. Maxine lines up all her stuffed animals for their vaccinations, and then heads to her doctor for hers. The rhyme scheme is simple (with a few misses for me, but mostly solid), the … [Read more]

NTE's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Anxiety, building social emotional vocabulary, Corlette Douglas, Jan Zauzmer, maxine's critters get the vaccine jitters, pandemic lit, picture book, stuffed animals ·
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The wonkier version of “Hamilton”

Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America by Jack Rakove

July 13, 2022 by elderberrywine 4 Comments

A very different account of the putting together of the American system of government.  This is the sort of stuff your high school American History (if you had such a class) textbook glossed over, and it’s fascinating to see, in such detail, how it all came together.  Oh sure, there’s some mention … [Read more]

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: American History, american politics, Founding Fathers + A Abrams, Jack Rakove, Putting a government together afterwards, Revolutionary War, Shout out to James Madison ·
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Exploring the world on the pages of these books

Fabien Cousteau Expeditions Deep Into the Amazon Jungle by Fabien Cousteau

Fabien Cousteau Expeditions Great White Shark Adventure by Fabien Cousteau

July 13, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

After a little research, I realized that one of the issues I was having with the Fabien Cousteau Expeditions book of exploring the Hawaiian ocean (the seemingly humble brags of Cousteau himself) was that it was the fourth book in the series, and it was recapping the previous stories. In Deep Into … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:368 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Amazon, Amazon River, animals, environmental, Fabien Cousteau, Joe St. Pierre, nature and science, ocean, sharks ·
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Who is by your side? And who are you by?

Berrybrook Middle School V05 Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova

July 13, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Berrybrook Middle School series is a fun series. The cast Svetlana Chmakova created is diverse and deals with classic middle school subjects (such as growing up, boyfriend/girlfriends, best friends, lost friendships, and more) with modern twists. It is realistic, but in goofy way to help keep … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:366 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: family, friendship, school, siblings, Svetlana Chmakova ·
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