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The man, the woman and their influences on books

Outside In and Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner

Fanny's Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week Was Born by Richard Michelson and Alyssa Russell

February 21, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

For the longest time, biographies were the only non-fiction reading I did. I would  explore that genre more as I got older, but I always hold a spot in my heart and read piles for biographies. And picture book biographies have become a staple to read. Two that grabbed my attention and made me need to talk about them were Outside In and Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner and Fanny’s Big Idea: How Jewish Book Week Was Born by Richard […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Alyssa Russell, Arnold Lobel, artists, Books & Libraries, drawing, Emmy Kastner, Fanny Goldstein, LGBTQ, Richard Michelson, Richard Michelson and Alyssa Russell, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:110 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Alyssa Russell, Arnold Lobel, artists, Books & Libraries, drawing, Emmy Kastner, Fanny Goldstein, LGBTQ, Richard Michelson, Richard Michelson and Alyssa Russell, Social Themes ·
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A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines

July 29, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR14Bingo – Question: Why are so many Americans obsessed with this book (especially Libertarians and Sovereign Citizens) Common Sense – This is one of those books whose main ideas and arguments I ostensibly know through cultural osmosis. If I had ever read it before, I am less sure, but I have taken a handful of early American classes, so maybe. One of the prevailing ideas that came to me as I read this and thought more about why it holds such a special place in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Arnold Lobel, cbr14bingo, Cold, cozy, Ernest J Gaines, lewis carroll, question, scandal, Thomas Paine

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:406 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Arnold Lobel, cbr14bingo, Cold, cozy, Ernest J Gaines, lewis carroll, question, scandal, Thomas Paine ·
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