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If the Grinch meet Frosty the Snowman there would be Fox

Hello, Tree by Alistair Heim

July 15, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo Holiday Level 1 & 2 Ho Ho Ho! And big barrel of trouble!  Fox in this rhyming Christmas tail, um…tale is a modern-day Grinch. Only after his heart grew, but he is stealing… (No, really! It makes sense really, just read this picture book!) Hello, Tree by Alistair Heim is a holiday book through and through. It has holiday images on the cover, the story is a rhyming text about all the wonderful holiday things seen in the town. The text itself is terribly […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Alisa Coburn, Alistair Heim, animals, cbr14bingo, christmas, friendship, Holiday, Santa

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:380 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Alisa Coburn, Alistair Heim, animals, cbr14bingo, christmas, friendship, Holiday, Santa ·
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Bye Bye Birdie

Broadway Bird by Alex Timbers

May 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I will admit it. When I first saw Broadway Bird by Alex Timbers, I thought it was going to be, well, dumb. It had the look of trying to be clever and falling flat. Break a leg was not going to be a “good luck” wish, but a prophecy. Boy was I wrong! It was amusing, clever and while familiar (with its “keep trying, you will be a big star one day” theme), a little fresh. We have Louisa a sweet bird who knows she […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Alex Timbers, Alisa Coburn, birds, broadway

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:243 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Alex Timbers, Alisa Coburn, birds, broadway ·
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