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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Get your Ho-Ho on a bit early

A Creature Was Stirring by Heather S Perczynski

The Christmassy Cactus by Beth Ferry

June 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Christmas 2023 is coming in over 190 days. And I found two books that will be coming out sooner than that. Both of the below titles were read via an online reader copy, but I will be getting copies when they come out in mid-September 2023 as they are too cute not to own several copies, give as gifts and read as many times as you can. Normally I am not a “rambunctious child” fan. But with A Creature Was Stirring, the mischievous mouse is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: A.N. Kang, Bedtime & Dreams, Beth Ferry, celebrations, christmas, Heather S Perczynski, Holiday, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Skylar Hogan, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:424 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: A.N. Kang, Bedtime & Dreams, Beth Ferry, celebrations, christmas, Heather S Perczynski, Holiday, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Skylar Hogan, Social Themes ·
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Sisters and Cake (I’ll take the cake, thanks)

Starla Jean V02 Starla Jean Takes the Cake by Elana K. Arnold

April 5, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There is nothing like starting book two of a series and not realizing it! Which is what happened to me with Starla Jean Takes the Cake (volume two) by Elana K. Arnold. But the thing is, I did not realize that until after I finished and saw that the name had volume 2 on it. That shows, that while it probably would have been a good idea to read book one, it is not needed. In book two, Starla Jean has a pet chicken named […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: A.N. Kang, birthday parties, chickens, elana k arnold, family, friendship, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:144 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: A.N. Kang, birthday parties, chickens, elana k arnold, family, friendship, siblings ·
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It’s all about you

Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller

Celebrate You! by Sherri Duskey Rinker

September 11, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Remarkably You by  Pat Zietlow Miller and Celebrate You! by Sherri Duskey Rinker are two books to add to the “be yourself” books and the “you are great as you are” books. Patrice Barton illustrates Remarkably You with colors and details that accent the rhymes, sing-song text and the bouncy feel of the story. While, the subject is not new, the way Miller has presented a slightly older tone that makes the subject a bit more series than many on this subject. And the way […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: A.N. Kang, Pat Zietlow Miller, Patrice Barton, Sherri Duskey Rinker

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:371 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: A.N. Kang, Pat Zietlow Miller, Patrice Barton, Sherri Duskey Rinker ·
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Raven’s Family Tree

Squirrel’s Family Tree by Beth Ferry

April 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Raven’s Family Tree…. I mean Squirrel’s Family Tree is really a 4.5 rating as it is not my OMG FAVORITE book ever, but it is a book with some strong pieces to it. The story is about how squirrels and oak trees depend on each other. If the oak tree did not grow, the squirrel would not have a home or acorns to eat. And since the squirrels bury the acorns, and forget where most of them are stashed, oak trees can grow from these […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: A.N. Kang, Beth Ferry, Science & Nature, squirrels, Trees & Forests

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:106 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: A.N. Kang, Beth Ferry, Science & Nature, squirrels, Trees & Forests ·
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    on Early Fantasy: Long Stories in Which Not Much Happens
    That almost sounds "so bad it's good," and I might need to check it out.
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